A055684 Number of different n-pointed stars.
0, 0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 2, 1, 4, 1, 5, 2, 3, 3, 7, 2, 8, 3, 5, 4, 10, 3, 9, 5, 8, 5, 13, 3, 14, 7, 9, 7, 11, 5, 17, 8, 11, 7, 19, 5, 20, 9, 11, 10, 22, 7, 20, 9, 15, 11, 25, 8, 19, 11, 17, 13, 28, 7, 29, 14, 17, 15, 23, 9, 32, 15, 21, 11, 34, 11, 35, 17, 19, 17, 29, 11
Offset: 3
Examples
The first star has five points and is unique. The next is the seven pointed star and it comes in two varieties. From _Gus Wiseman_, Oct 28 2020: (Start) The a(5) = 1 through a(17) = 7 irreducible pairs > 1 (shown as fractions, empty column indicated by dot): 2/3 . 2/5 3/5 2/7 3/7 2/9 5/7 2/11 3/11 2/13 3/13 2/15 3/4 4/5 3/8 3/10 5/9 4/11 5/11 3/14 4/7 4/9 7/8 7/9 4/13 5/6 5/8 5/12 6/7 6/11 7/10 8/9 (End)
References
- Mark A. Herkommer, "Number Theory, A Programmer's Guide," McGraw-Hill, New York, 1999, page 58.
Links
- Lei Zhou, Table of n, a(n) for n = 3..10002
- Alexander Bogomolny, Polygons: formality and intuition.. Includes applet to draw star polygons.
- Vi Hart, Doodling in Math Class: Stars, Video (2010).
- Hugo Pfoertner, Star-shaped regular polygons up to n=25.
- Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Star Polygon
Crossrefs
Programs
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Maple
with(numtheory): A055684 := n->(phi(n)-2)/2; seq(A055684(n), n=3..100);
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Mathematica
Table[(EulerPhi[n]-2)/2, {n, 3, 50}] Table[Length[Select[IntegerPartitions[n,{2}],!MemberQ[#,1]&&CoprimeQ@@#&]],{n,0,30}] (* Gus Wiseman, Oct 28 2020 *)
Formula
a(n) = A023022(n) - 1.
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