"hexagonal number" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hexagonal numbers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hexagonal number (plural hexagonal numbers)
  1. (mathematics) The number of dots in a figure made up of partially overlapping dotted regular hexagons (6k dots arranged into a regular hexagon) of perimeter 6k for k = 1 ... n which grow out of a common vertex (and two shared or partially shared sides); a.k.a. “cornered hexagonal number”; H_n+1=6Δₙ-n²+1 where Δₙ denotes the nᵗʰ triangular number. Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (Translations): Sechseckszahl [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-hexagonal_number-en-noun-OAuulEdl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 70 30 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'Translations': 69 31
  2. (mathematics) The number of dots in a figure made up of regular dotted hexagons (of perimeter 6k for k = 1 ... n) arranged concentrically around an extra dot at their common center; a.k.a. “centered hexagonal number”; H_n+1=1+6Δₙ. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-hexagonal_number-en-noun-fa9I8mLh Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: figurate number
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