Hex (also centered hexagonal) numbers are figurate numbers (see picture aside)
defined as
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Three formulas involving hex numbers:
The first hex numbers are
1, 7, 19, 37, 61, 91, 127, 169, 217, 271, 331, 397, 469, 547, 631, 721, 817, 919, 1027, 1141, 1261 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 hex numbers are multiples of the primes
p from 2 to 71. In black the ideal line 1/
p.