
Cyclical Figurate Numbers
Triangle, square, pentagonal, hexagonal, heptagonal, and octagonal numbers are all figurate (polygonal) numbers and are generated by the following formulae:
Triangle | $P_{3,n}=n(n+1)/2$ | $1, 3, 6, 10, 15, \dots$ | ||
Square | $P_{4,n}=n^2$ | $1, 4, 9, 16, 25, \dots$ | ||
Pentagonal | $P_{5,n}=n(3n-1)/2$ | $1, 5, 12, 22, 35, \dots$ | ||
Hexagonal | $P_{6,n}=n(2n-1)$ | $1, 6, 15, 28, 45, \dots$ | ||
Heptagonal | $P_{7,n}=n(5n-3)/2$ | $1, 7, 18, 34, 55, \dots$ | ||
Octagonal | $P_{8,n}=n(3n-2)$ | $1, 8, 21, 40, 65, \dots$ |
The ordered set of three $4$-digit numbers: $8128$, $2882$, $8281$, has three interesting properties.
- The set is cyclic, in that the last two digits of each number is the first two digits of the next number (including the last number with the first).
- Each polygonal type: triangle ($P_{3,127}=8128$), square ($P_{4,91}=8281$), and pentagonal ($P_{5,44}=2882$), is represented by a different number in the set.
- This is the only set of $4$-digit numbers with this property.
Find the sum of the only ordered set of six cyclic $4$-digit numbers for which each polygonal type: triangle, square, pentagonal, hexagonal, heptagonal, and octagonal, is represented by a different number in the set.