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A055684 Number of different n-pointed stars. +0
7
0, 0, 1, 0, 2, 1, 2, 1, 4, 1, 5, 2, 3, 3, 7, 2, 8, 3, 5, 4, 10, 3, 9, 5, 8, 5, 13, 3, 14, 7, 9, 7, 11, 5, 17, 8, 11, 7, 19, 5, 20, 9, 11, 10, 22, 7, 20, 9, 15, 11, 25, 8, 19, 11, 17, 13, 28, 7, 29, 14, 17, 15, 23, 9, 32, 15, 21, 11, 34, 11, 35, 17, 19, 17, 29, 11 (list; graph; listen)
OFFSET

3,5

COMMENT

Does not count rotations or reflections.

REFERENCES

Mark A. Herkommer, "Number Theory, A Programmer's Guide," McGraw-Hill, New York, 1999, page 58.

LINKS

Alexander Bogomolny, Polygons: formality and intuition.. Includes applet to draw star polygons.

Hugo Pfoertner, Star-shaped regular polygons up to n=25.

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Star Polygon.

FORMULA

( phi(n) -2 )/2 = A023022 -1.

EXAMPLE

The first star has five points and is unique. The next is the seven pointed star and it comes in two varieties.

MAPLE

with(numtheory): A055684 := n->(phi(n)-2)/2;

MATHEMATICA

Table[(EulerPhi[n]-2)/2, {n, 3, 50}]

CROSSREFS

Cf. A023022.

Cf. A053669 smallest skip increment, A102302 skip increment of densest star polygon.

Sequence in context: A135517 A072614 A067044 this_sequence A024559 A061797 A068341

Adjacent sequences: A055681 A055682 A055683 this_sequence A055685 A055686 A055687

KEYWORD

nonn,easy

AUTHOR

Robert G. Wilson v (rgwv(AT)rgwv.com), Jun 09 2000

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