Centered octahedral number

A centered octahedral number or Haüy octahedral number is a figurate number that counts the number of points of a three-dimensional integer lattice that lie inside an octahedron centered at the origin. The same numbers are special cases of the Delannoy numbers, which count certain two-dimensional lattice paths. The Haüy octahedral numbers are named after René Just Haüy.

Centered octahedral number
Haüy construction of an octahedron by 129 cubes
Named afterRené Just Haüy
Publication year1801
Total no. of termsInfinity
Subsequence ofPolyhedral numbers,
Delannoy numbers
Formula
First terms1, 7, 25, 63, 129, 231, 377
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