- Source: Centered icosahedral number
In mathematics, the centered icosahedral numbers also known as cuboctahedral numbers are a sequence of numbers, describing two different representations for these numbers as three-dimensional figurate numbers. As centered icosahedral numbers, they are centered numbers representing points arranged in the shape of a regular icosahedron. As cuboctahedral numbers, they represent points arranged in the shape of a cuboctahedron, and are a magic number for the face-centered cubic lattice. The centered icosahedral number for a specific
n
{\displaystyle n}
is given by
(
2
n
+
1
)
(
5
n
2
+
5
n
+
3
)
3
.
{\displaystyle {\frac {(2n+1)\left(5n^{2}+5n+3\right)}{3}}.}
The first such numbers are
References
Sloane, N. J. A. (ed.). "Sequence A005902 (Centered icosahedral (or cuboctahedral) numbers, also crystal ball sequence for f.c.c. lattice)". The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. OEIS Foundation..