Geometric Magic Squares

A Challenging New Twist Using Colored Shapes Instead of Numbers

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Mathematics, Recreations & Games
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Author: Lee C.F. Sallows ISBN: 9780486290027
Publisher: Dover Publications Publication: October 3, 2013
Imprint: Dover Publications Language: English
Author: Lee C.F. Sallows
ISBN: 9780486290027
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication: October 3, 2013
Imprint: Dover Publications
Language: English

Traditional magic squares are squares of numbers in which the rows, columns, and diagonals all add up to the same total. With a voluminous literature going back some 2,500 years, the universal assumption has ever been that magic squares are inherently arithmetical objects. In this innovative work by a British engineer, the author initiates a Copernican revolution in our understanding by replacing numbers with two-dimensional forms. The result is not merely a novel kind of geometrical magic square but a revelation that traditional magic squares are now better seen as the one-dimensional instance of this self-same geometrical activity.

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Traditional magic squares are squares of numbers in which the rows, columns, and diagonals all add up to the same total. With a voluminous literature going back some 2,500 years, the universal assumption has ever been that magic squares are inherently arithmetical objects. In this innovative work by a British engineer, the author initiates a Copernican revolution in our understanding by replacing numbers with two-dimensional forms. The result is not merely a novel kind of geometrical magic square but a revelation that traditional magic squares are now better seen as the one-dimensional instance of this self-same geometrical activity.

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