Pentagonal numbers are figurate numbers of the form
(see picture aside).
Every pentagonal number is equal to a triangular number divided by 3.
The sum of the reciprocals of pentagonal numbers is
The first pentagonal numbers are
1, 5, 12, 22, 35, 51, 70, 92, 117, 145, 176, 210, 247, 287, 330, 376, 425, 477, 532, 590, 651, 715 more terms
Pictorial representation of remainders (mod 2, 3, ...,11) frequency. For a table of values and more details
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A graph displaying how many pentagonal numbers are multiples of the primes
p from 2 to 71. In black the ideal line 1/
p.