scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1003086

MaRDI QIDQ4335034zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Jacques Sesiano

Publication date 12 October 1997

zbMATH Keywords

Arabic mathematicsmagic squares

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the Golden Age of Islam (01A30) History of number theory (11-03) Elementary number theory (11A99)

Review text

This translation of a portion of an anonymous Arabic tract, Ayasofya 4801, dated September 2, 1250 CE, treats the construction of magic squares. The translator adapts judiciously into modern notation and inserts parenthetical amplifications to clarify the reading; a facsimile of the Arabic manuscript is appended. First, various strategies are given for the placement of \(1,2,\dots,n^2\) when \(n\) is odd, a multiple of 4 or twice an odd number. Then follows a discussion of completing magic squares of nonconsecutive integers, for example where the integers along one edge are assigned or when the diagonals have the magic sum. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0855.00012].

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