Relationships To Other Kinds of Numbers
Geometrically, the nth star number is made up of a central point and 12 copies of the (n−1)th triangular number — making it numerically equal to the nth centered dodecagonal number, but differently arranged.
Infinitely many star numbers are also triangular numbers, the first four being S1 = 1 = T1, S7 = 253 = T22, S91 = 49141 = T313, and S1261 = 9533161 = T4366 (sequence A156712 in OEIS).
Infinitely many star numbers are also square numbers, the first four being S1 = 12, S5 = 121 = 112, S45 = 11881 = 1092, and S441 = 1164241 = 10792 (sequence A054318 in OEIS).
A star prime is a star number that is prime. The first few star primes (sequence A083577 in OEIS) are 13, 37, 73, 181, 337, 433, 541, 661, 937.
The term "star number" or "stellate number" is occasionally used to refer to octagonal numbers.
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