Magic Squares: A touch of mysticism and a lot of brain-challenging fun! By Marcel Danesi, Ph.D. in Brain Workout One of the most fascinating number games of all time is the magic square. In its ...

Mathematicians have been playing magic squares since 650 BC. The idea is simple take a n x n grid and arrange the numbers from 1 to n 2 so that all the rows columns and diagonals add up to the same ...

This magic square has been known since ancient times. Each row, column and diagonal of three numbers adds to the same magic constant, 15. There is, however, a different type of 3×3 magic square, in ...

A magic square is an arrangement of numbers where all rows, columns and diagonals add up to the same number, called the magic constant. Can you complete this square by filling in the missing numbers?

MAGIC SQUARES having certain properties were known to the ancients. In modern times they have been studied by mathematicians since Albrecht Diirer's celebrated magic square picture of 1514. A magic ...

Since the square is known to be magic, we can assume from basic "magic theory" that the missing numbers are those absent at the moment from the series 1 to 16. The main insight then required is to ...