Order 31 Pentamagic Series Impossibility

Theorem. There are no order 31 pentamagic series.
Proof.
S1 = 14911
S2 = 9557951
S3 = 6892475551
S4 = 5301690282239
S5 = 4247977424067871

S4 ≡ 15 (mod 16) so there must be either 15 or 31 odd entries.


Case 1 of 2: 31 odd entries. Let 8Aj+1 be the square of an odd entry, j=1..31. Let Tn = sum (Aj)n, j=1..31, n=1,2. S2 = 8T1 + 31 S4 = 64T2 + 16T1 + 31 (S2 - 31)/8 = T1 = 1194740 ≡ 0 (mod 4) (S4 - 31)/16 = 4T2 + T1 = 331355642638 ≡ 2 (mod 4) T1 can't be both 0 and 2 (mod 4).
Case 2 of 2: 15 odd entries and 16 even entries. Let 2Aj+1 be an odd entry, j=1..15 Let 2Bj be an even entry, j=1..16 Let Tn = sum (Aj)n, j = 1..15, n=1..5 Let Un = sum (Bj)n, j = 1..16, 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 = 3446237768 thus T1 .. T5 are even. (S1 - 15)/2 = T1 + U1 = 7448 thus U1 .. U5 are even. (S3 - 15)/4 = 2T3 + 3T2 + 3T1/2 + 2U3 = 1723118884 thus T1/2 is even. (S4 - 15)/16 = T4 + 2T3 + 3T2/2 + T1/2 + U4 = 331355642639 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 = 861559439 thus T1/4 is odd ((S5 - 15)/4 - 20)/2 = 4T5 + 10T4 + 10T3 + 20z + 5T1/4 + 4U5 = 530997178008472 thus T1/4 is even T1/4 can't be both even and odd.