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Triangle, square, pentagonal, hexagonal, heptagonal, and octagonal numbers are all figurate (polygonal) numbers and are generated by the following formulae:

Triangle        P3,n=n(n+1)/2    1, 3, 6, 10, 15, ...
Square          P4,n=n2          1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ...
Pentagonal      P5,n=n(3n?1)/2   1, 5, 12, 22, 35, ...
Hexagonal       P6,n=n(2n?1)     1, 6, 15, 28, 45, ...
Heptagonal      P7,n=n(5n?3)/2   1, 7, 18, 34, 55, ...
Octagonal       P8,n=n(3n?2)     1, 8, 21, 40, 65, ...

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.