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Magic Squares: Their History And Construction From Ancient Times To AD 1600

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The science of magic squares witnessed an important development in the Islamic world during the Middle Ages, with a great variety of construction methods being created and ameliorated. The initial step was the translation, in the ninth century, of an anonymous Greek text containing the description of certain highly developed arrangements, no doubt the culmination of ancient research on magic squares.

Author(s): Sesiano, Jacques
Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Publisher: Springer International
Year: 2019

Language: English
Pages: XII, 313
Tags: Magic Squares, History And Construction

Front Matter ....Pages i-xii
Introduction (Jacques Sesiano)....Pages 1-19
Ordinary magic squares (Jacques Sesiano)....Pages 21-106
Composite magic squares (Jacques Sesiano)....Pages 107-139
Bordered magic squares (Jacques Sesiano)....Pages 141-175
Bordered squares with separation by parity (Jacques Sesiano)....Pages 177-210
Magic squares with non-consecutive numbers (Jacques Sesiano)....Pages 211-251
Other magic figures (Jacques Sesiano)....Pages 253-280
Back Matter ....Pages 281-313