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Star numbers are figurate numbers (see picture aside) defined as  $S_n=6n(n-1)+1$. They coincide with centered dodecagonal numbers.

Three formulas involving star numbers:

\[\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{1}{S_n}=
\frac{\pi\tan\left(\frac{\pi}{2\sqrt{3}}\right)}{2\sqrt{3}}\,,\quad
\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{S_n}{n!}=7e\,,
\quad\mbox{and}\quad\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{S_n}{2^n}=25\,.
\]

The first star numbers are 1, 13, 37, 73, 121, 181, 253, 337, 433, 541, 661, 793, 937, 1093 more terms

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a-pointer 13 181 2053 + 9457731037 aban 13 37 73 + 987129000937 alternating 121 181 541 + 967054321 amenable 13 37 73 + 999931141 apocalyptic 541 937 1261 + 29821 arithmetic 13 37 73 + 9992341 balanced p. 3313 12973 15913 + 9942603337 binomial 253 49141 9533161 + 358770992581 brilliant 121 253 793 + 998847037 c.decagonal 661 318781 153651961 + 35696730969901 c.heptagonal 253 14113 3063061 + 448314542426521 c.nonagonal 253 49141 9533161 + 69599723176621 c.octagonal 121 11881 1164241 + 107341182792481 c.pentagonal 181 3901 695641 + 221235542824081 c.square 13 181 2521 + 692665874901013 Carmichael 258634741 Chen 13 37 181 + 98050837 congruent 13 37 181 + 9992341 cube 226981 Cunningham 37 3601 352837 + 32530984516837 cyclic 13 37 73 + 9992341 d-powerful 2773 23437 26533 + 9563437 de Polignac 337 23437 31537 + 99267337 decagonal 14701 141164101 1355457688201 deceptive 14701 35113 976873 + 790673521 deficient 13 37 73 + 9992341 dig.balanced 37 541 661 + 199861273 Duffinian 121 253 793 + 9992341 economical 13 37 73 + 19994701 emirp 13 37 73 + 199238437 emirpimes 4537 7141 11881 + 99951853 equidigital 13 37 73 + 19994701 esthetic 121 evil 337 937 1093 + 999156721 Fibonacci 13 Friedman 121 226981 231673 + 683437 frugal 11881 226981 1164241 + 381077581 gapful 121 253 1441 + 99989241337 good prime 37 541 937 + 114607621 happy 13 793 937 + 9868837 Harshad 35113 80041 143221 + 9992002033 heptagonal 5221 20060473 77072333437 296111885005873 hex 37 1261 42841 + 65838103892821 hexagonal 49141 1849384153 69599723176621 hoax 1633 16537 43861 + 98925961 Hogben 13 73 1261 + 64514252901853 Honaker 11353 15913 20533 + 981120937 hyperperfect 3901 iban 73 121 1441 + 720373 iccanobiF 13 idoneal 13 37 253 inconsummate 3037 16537 57037 + 683437 interprime 8437 48061 70633 + 99169741 junction 2521 5221 12421 + 99951853 katadrome 73 541 9841 Lehmer 1261 7141 14701 + 896360752261 lucky 13 37 73 + 9746101 magnanimous 661 2281 metadrome 13 37 modest 13 433 1633 + 1702018837 Moran 2986381 6875821 7359337 + 97711561 nialpdrome 73 433 541 + 777777661 nonagonal 215604181 oban 13 37 73 + 937 octagonal 1884961 2510229508033 odious 13 37 73 + 999931141 Ormiston 379513 465373 1491013 + 1992575713 palindromic 121 181 1441 + 396868131868693 palprime 181 12421 18481 + 396868131868693 pancake 37 121 7141 + 33193978321141 panconsummate 37 73 121 + 1093 pernicious 13 37 73 + 9992341 persistent 11456829037 12054876913 14082961537 + 94618251037 Pierpont 13 37 73 433 plaindrome 13 37 337 + 1122337 Poulet 49141 976873 2649361 + 175321803251881 power 121 11881 226981 + 1095432263641 powerful 121 11881 226981 + 107341182792481 prime 13 37 73 + 999991228573 primeval 13 37 Proth 13 repunit 13 73 121 + 308836698141973 Ruth-Aaron 3816037 3912337 19689193 + 47317435321 self 121 793 2773 + 990041221 semiprime 121 253 793 + 99951853 Smith 121 1633 16537 + 98925961 sphenic 8437 9361 15301 + 99756037 square 121 11881 1164241 + 107341182792481 strobogrammatic 181 strong prime 37 541 937 + 99364981 super-d 181 337 2281 + 9930493 triangular 253 49141 9533161 + 69599723176621 tribonacci 13 truncatable prime 13 37 73 + 924337 twin 13 73 181 + 972241021 uban 13 37 73 + 96000072000013 Ulam 13 253 11881 + 9639337 undulating 121 181 upside-down 37 73 wasteful 253 793 1441 + 9992341 weak prime 13 73 181 + 99853921 Wieferich 1093 zygodrome 220033 771133 332255533 77111779933