Search: id:A018226 Results 1-1 of 1 results found. %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" %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