Constructing all magic squares of order three

DOI10.1016/J.DISC.2007.06.022MaRDI QIDQ932615zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Guoce Xin

Publication date 11 July 2008

Published in Discrete Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0409468

zbMATH Keywords

linear Diophantine equationsMacMahon partition analysismagic squares

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Orthogonal arrays, Latin squares, Room squares (05B15)

Abstract: We find by applying MacMahon's partition analysis that all magic squares of order three, up to rotations and reflections, are of two types, each generated by three basis elements. A combinatorial proof of this fact is given.

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