In mathematics, a dodecagonal number is a figurate number that represents a dodecagon. The dodecagonal number for n is given by the formula

The first few dodecagonal numbers are:

1. 0, 1, 12, 33, 64, 105, 156, 217, 288, 369, 460, 561, 672, 793, 924, 1065, 1216, 1377, 1548, 1729, ...

Properties

• The dodecagonal number for n can be calculated by adding the square of n to four times the (n - 1)th pronic number.

  Dodecagonal numbers consistently alternate parity, and in base 10, their units place digits follow the pattern 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0.

  By the Fermat polygonal number theorem, every number is the sum of at most 12 dodecagonal numbers.

  is the sum of the first n natural numbers congruent to 1 mod 10.

  is the sum of all odd numbers from 4n+1 to 6n+1.

Sum of reciprocals

A formula for the sum of the reciprocals

See also

• Polygonal number

• Figurate number

• Dodecagon