Pentagonal Triangular Number
A number which is simultaneously a pentagonal number P_n and triangular number T_m. Such numbers exist when
| 1/2n(3n-1)=1/2m(m+1). |
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Completing the square gives
| (6n-1)^2-3(2m+1)^2=-2. |
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Substituting x=6n-1 and y=2m+1 gives the Pell-like quadratic Diophantine equation
| x^2-3y^2=-2, |
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which has solutions (x,y)=(5,3), (19, 11), (71, 41), (265, 153), .... In terms of (n,m), these give (1, 1), (10/3,5), (12, 20), (133/3, 76), (165, 285), ..., of which the whole number solutions are (n,m)=(1,1), (12, 20), (165, 285), (2296, 3976), ... (OEIS A046174 and A046175), corresponding to the pentagonal triangular numbers 1, 210, 40755, 7906276, 1533776805, ... (OEIS A014979).
See also
Pentagonal Number, Pentagonal Square Triangular Number, Triangular NumberExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
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References
Silverman, J. H. A Friendly Introduction to Number Theory. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1996.Sloane, N. J. A. Sequences A014979, A046174, and A046175 in "The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences."Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
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