Order 23 Pentamagic Series Impossibility Theorem. There are no order 23 pentamagic series. Proof. S1 = 6095 S2 = 2151535 S3 = 854427575 S4 = 361935090463 S5 = 159703621325975 S4 ≡ 15 (mod 16), thus there are 15 odd entries and 8 even entries. Let 2Aj+1 be an odd entry, j=1..15 Let 2Bj be an even entry, j=1..8 Let Tn = sum (Aj)n, j = 1..15, n=1..5 Let Un = sum (Bj)n, j = 1..8, n=1..5 S1 = 2T1 + 15 + 2U1 S2 = 4T2 + 4T1 + 15 + 4U2 S3 = 8T3 + 12T2 + 6T1 + 15 + 8U3 S4 = 16T4 + 32T3 + 24T2 + 8T1 + 15 + 16U4 S5 = 32T5 + 80T4 + 80T3 + 40T2 + 10T1 + 15 + 32U5 (S3 - 15)/2 = 4T3 + 6T2 + 3T1 + 4U3 = 427213780 thus T1 .. T5 are even. (S1 - 15)/2 = T1 + U1 = 3040 thus U1 .. U5 are even. (S3 - 15)/4 = 2T3 + 3T2 + 3T1/2 + 2U3 = 213606890 thus T1/2 is even. (S4 - 15)/16 = T4 + 2T3 + 3T2/2 + T1/2 + U4 = 22620943153 thus T2/2 is odd. Let T2/2 = 2z+1 so that T2 = 4z+2. ((S3 - 15)/4 - 6)/2 = T3 + 6z + 3T1/4 + U3 = 106803442 thus T1/4 is even ((S5 - 15)/4 - 20)/2 = 4T5 + 10T4 + 10T3 + 20z + 5T1/4 + 4U5 = 19962952665735 thus T1/4 is odd T1/4 can't be both even and odd.