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A342928 The smallest polygonal index of numbers that have exactly two different representations as polygonal numbers (A177029).

3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 5, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 7, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 5, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 5, 3, 4, 3, 8, 3, 4, 5, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 5, 4, 11, 3, 4, 5, 3, 4, 3, 7, 3, 4, 3, 3, 5, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 13, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 5, 3, 3, 4, 5, 3, 4, 3, 4, 5, 7, 3, 4

Offset: 1

Michel Marcus, Mar 29 2021

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By definition, a(n) can never be equal to 2. Up to 10^7, no n has been found with a(n) = 6, 10 or 16.

			6 is A177029(1); it is a 3-gonal and 6-gonal number; it is the 3rd triangular number so a(1) = 3.
9 is A177029(2); it is a 4-gonal and 9-gonal number; it is the 3rd square number so a(2) = 3.

Cf. A177028, A177029, A342927, A342550.

row(n) = my(v=List()); fordiv(2*n, k, if(k<2, next); if(k==n, break); my(s=(2*n/k-4+2*k)/(k-1)); if(denominator(s)==1, listput(v, s))); Vecrev(v); \\ A177028
lista(nn) = {for (n=3, nn, my(r = row(n)); if (#r == 2, my(k); ispolygonal(n, r[1], &k); print1(k, ", ")););}

A373921 The last entry in the difference table for {the n-th row of A177028 arranged in increasing order}.

Original entry on oeis.org

3, 4, 5, 3, 7, 8, 5, 7, 11, 7, 13, 14, 6, 12, 17, 11, 19, 20, 8, 17, 23, 15, 21, 26, 17, 19, 29, 19, 31, 32, 21, 27, 30, 6, 37, 38, 25, 32, 41, 27, 43, 44, 12, 37, 47, 31, 45, 50, 20, 42, 53, 35, 44, 56, 37, 47, 59, 39, 61, 62, 41, 44, 57, 12, 67, 68, 45, 49, 71, 47, 73, 74, 32

Offset: 3

Robert G. Wilson v, Jun 22 2024

Inspired by A342772 and A187202.
The n-th row of A177028 are all integers k for which n is a k-gonal number.
As an example: row 10 of A177028 contain 3 and 10, because 10 is a 10-gonal number but also a triangular number.
-3n/2 < a(n) <= n.
a(n) = n if n is an odd prime (A065091), an odd composite number in A274967, or even numbers in A274968.
a(n) = 0: 231, tested up to 150000.
a(n) < 0: 441, 540, 561, 1089, 1128, 1296, 1521, 1701, 1716, 1881, 2016, 2211, 2541, 2556, 2601, ..., .
a(n) is negative less than 1% of the time.

			a(15) = 6, because the 15th row of A177028 is {3,6,15} -> {3,9} -> {6};
a(36) = 6, because the 36th row of A177028 is {3,4,13,36} -{1,9,23} - {8,14} -> {6};
a(225) = 37, because the 225th row of A177028 is {4,8,24,76,225} -> {4,16,52,149} -> {12,36,97} -> {24,61} -> {37};
a(561) = -82, because the 561st row of A177028 is {3,6,12,39,188,561} -> {3,6,27,149,373} -> {3,21,122,224} -> {18,101,102}, {83,1} -> {-82}; etc.

Robert G. Wilson v, Table of n, a(n) for n = 3..150000

Cf. A063778, A177025, A177028, A176774, A176948, A274967, A342550, A342805.

planeFigurateQ[n_, r_] := IntegerQ[((r -4) + Sqrt[(r -4)^2 + 8n (r -2)])/(2 (r -2))]; a[n_] := Block[{pg = Select[ Range[3, n], planeFigurateQ[n, #] &]}, Differences[pg, Length@ pg - 1][[1]]]; Array[a, 73, 3]

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A342928 The smallest polygonal index of numbers that have exactly two different representations as polygonal numbers (A177029).

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