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magic square

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a square matrix of n rows and columns; the first n^2 integers are arranged in the cells of the matrix in such a way that the sum of any row or column or diagonal is the same

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A construction of a magic square of order 4 (This is reflection of Albrecht Dürer's square.) Go left to right through the square counting and filling in on the diagonals only. Source: Internet

Adoption in China Iron plate with an order 6 magic square in Persian/ Arabic numbers from China, dating to the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368). Source: Internet

A method of constructing a magic square of doubly even order Doubly even means that n is an even multiple of an even integer; or 4p (e.g. 4, 8, 12), where p is an integer. Source: Internet

A multiplicative magic square can be derived from an additive magic square by raising 2 (or any other integer) to the power of each element, because the logarithm of the product of 2 numbers is the sum of logarithm of each. Source: Internet

A magic square that contains the integers from 1 to n 2 is called a normal magic square. Source: Internet

Any magic square can be rotated and reflected to produce 8 trivially distinct squares. Source: Internet

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