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A tetrahedral number, or triangular pyramidal number, is a figurate number that represents a pyramid with a triangular base and three sides, called a tetrahedron. The n th tetrahedral number, Te n , is the sum of the first n triangular numbers , that is,
A triangular-pyramid version of the cannonball problem, which is to yield a perfect square from the N th Tetrahedral number, would have N = 48. That means that the (24 × 2 = ) 48th tetrahedral number equals to (70 2 × 2 2 = 140 2 = ) 19600. This is comparable with the 24th square pyramid having a total of 70 2 cannonballs. [5]
In mathematics, a centered tetrahedral number is a centered figurate number that represents a tetrahedron. That is, it counts the dots in a three-dimensional dot pattern with a single dot surrounded by tetrahedral shells. [1] The th centered tetrahedral number, starting at = for a single dot, is: [2] [3]
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.
7.4 Reciprocal of tetrahedral numbers. 7.5 Exponential and logarithms. 8 ... The following is a useful property to calculate low-integer-order polylogarithms ...
Triangular numbers are a type of figurate number, other examples being square numbers and cube numbers. The n th triangular number is the number of dots in the triangular arrangement with n dots on each side, and is equal to the sum of the n natural numbers from 1 to n. The sequence of triangular numbers, starting with the 0th triangular number, is
Each number in any layer is a coefficient of the trinomial distribution and the trinomial expansion. This non-linear arrangement makes it easier to: display the trinomial expansion in a coherent way; compute the coefficients of the trinomial distribution; calculate the numbers of any tetrahedron layer.
Each layer represents one of the first five triangular numbers. A truncated triangular pyramid number [1] is found by removing some smaller tetrahedral number (or triangular pyramidal number) from each of the vertices of a bigger tetrahedral number. The number to be removed may be same or different from each of the vertices. [2]