Thursday 12 January 2012

Thursday, 12 January 2012

Today is 12 day of the year.
12 = 2^2 * 3
12 = 3 + 4 + 5 which makes it the third term of the sequence A027480.
12 = 5 + 7, i.e. the sum of two consecutive primes.
12 is a member of two primitive, Pythagorean triples (5, 12, 13) and (12, 35, 37).
Starting at 0, write the numbers down in a clockwise spiral. 12 is the third term in one of the diagonals.

42  43  44  45  46  47  48
41  20  21  22  23  24  25
40  19    6    7    8    9  26
39  18    5    0    1  10  27
38  17    4    3    2  11  28
37  16  15  14  13  12  29
36  35  34  33  32  31  30

This diagonal gives the sequence 0, 2, 12, 30, 56, 90 132 ... which has the formula 2n(2n - 1).

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