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Counting Hexagons

ℹ️Published on Saturday, 12th November 2016, 07:00 pm; Solved by 1732;
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An equilateral triangle with integer side length $n \ge 3$ is divided into $n^2$ equilateral triangles with side length 1 as shown in the diagram below.
The vertices of these triangles constitute a triangular lattice with $\frac{(n+1)(n+2)} 2$ lattice points.

Let $H(n)$ be the number of all regular hexagons that can be found by connecting 6 of these points.

0577_counting_hexagons.png

For example, $H(3)=1$, $H(6)=12$ and $H(20)=966$.

Find $\displaystyle \sum_{n=3}^{12345} H(n)$.



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