Abstract
A polygonal number is a nonnegative integer of the form
where m is a positive integer, and t is a nonnegative integer. For example, when m = 1, we have the triangular numbers 0, 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, and so on. These are called triangular numbers because n pebbles can be arranged in the form of an isosceles right triangle just in case n has the form (t2 − t)/2 + t.
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Anglin, W.S. (1995). The Polygonal Number Theorem. In: The Queen of Mathematics. Kluwer Texts in the Mathematical Sciences, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0285-8_6
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