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2. Figurate number - Wikipedia

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   Figurate numbers were a concern of the Pythagorean worldview. It was well understood that some numbers could have many figurations, e.g. 36 is a both a square and a triangle and also various rectangles. The modern study of figurate numbers goes back to Pierre de Fermat, specifically the Fermat polygonal number theorem.

3. Ganita Kaumudi - Wikipedia

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   Narayana Pandita noted the equivalence of the figurate numbers and the formulae for the number of combinations of different things taken so many at a time. [ 4 ] The book contains a rule to determine the number of permutations of n objects and a classical algorithm for finding the next permutation in lexicographic ordering though computational ...

4. Category:Figurate numbers - Wikipedia

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   Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... This category includes not only articles about certain types of figurate numbers, ...

5. Pentagonal number - Wikipedia

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   The nth pentagonal number p n is the number of distinct dots in a pattern of dots consisting of the outlines of regular pentagons with sides up to n dots, when the pentagons are overlaid so that they share one vertex. For instance, the third one is formed from outlines comprising 1, 5 and 10 dots, but the 1, and 3 of the 5, coincide with 3 of ...

6. Polygonal number - Wikipedia

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   In mathematics, a polygonal number is a number that counts dots arranged in the shape of a regular polygon [1]: 2-3 . These are one type of 2-dimensional figurate numbers . Polygonal numbers were first studied during the 6th century BC by the Ancient Greeks, who investigated and discussed properties of oblong , triangular , and square numbers ...

7. Square pyramidal number - Wikipedia

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   In mathematics, a pyramid number, or square pyramidal number, is a natural number that counts the stacked spheres in a pyramid with a square base. The study of these numbers goes back to Archimedes and Fibonacci. They are part of a broader topic of figurate numbers representing the numbers of points forming regular patterns within different shapes.