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%I A018226
%S A018226 2,8,20,28,50,82,126
%N A018226 Magic numbers: atoms with one of these numbers of protons or neutrons
in their nuclei are considered to be stable.
%C A018226 A Google search on `"2,8,20,28,50" Magic number` will turn up hundreds
of other links.
%C A018226 First seven positive terms of A162626, the magic sequence. [From Omar
E. Pol (info(AT)polprimos.com), Jul 07 2009]
%D A018226 A brief description is given under "Magic numbers" in the Encyclopedia
Britannica.
%D A018226 S. Bjornholm, Clusters..., Contemp. Phys. 31 1990 pp. 309-324 (p. 312).
%D A018226 Dictionary of Science (Simon and Schuster), see the entry for "Magic
number".
%D A018226 J. Fridmann et al., 'Magic' nucleus 42-Si, Nature, 435 (2005), 922-924
and 897-898.
%D A018226 J. Glanz, Uut and Uup Add Their Atomic Mass to Periodic Table, New York
Times, Feb 01, 2003, pages 1 and 26.
%D A018226 R. V. F. Janssens, Unexpected doubly magic nucleus, Nature, 459 (jun
25 2009), 1069-1070. _Added by N. J. A. Sloane, Jul 05 2009]
%D A018226 D. Warner, Not-so-magic numbers, Nature, 430 (Jul 29 2004), 517-519.
%H A018226 Radoslav Jovanovic, Magic Numbers and the Pascal Triangle
%H A018226 V. Ladma, Magic Numbers
%H A018226 NAPC Isotope Hudrology Section, Chapter 2, Atomic Systematics
and Nuclear Structure
%H A018226 D. Weise, The Pythagorean
Approach to Problems of Periodicity in Chemistry and Nuclear Physics"
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%F A018226 If n is prime and nearest-neighbor of a prime then a(n)=n(n+1)(n+2)/3
else a(n)=n(n^2+5)/3, where 0