On magic squares
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arXivmath/0408230MaRDI QIDQ6474362FDOQ6474362
Authors: Leonhard Euler 
Publication date: 18 August 2004
Abstract: This is a translation of Leonhard Euler's ``De quadratis magicis . It is E795 in the Enestrom index. This paper studies how to construct magic squares with certain numbers of cells, in particular 9, 16, 25 and 36. It considers some general rules for making squares of even and odd orders. Euler uses Graeco-Latin squares and constrains the values that the variables can take to make magic squares. I think this is where the terms ``Latin and ``Graeco-Latin square comes from, since he uses Latin letters in one square and Greek (i.e. ``Graeco) letters in another for each construction. (This paper was published before Euler's only other paper ``Recherches sur une nouvelle espece de quarres magiques E530 about Latin squares was, in 1782.)
History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) Orthogonal arrays, Latin squares, Room squares (05B15)
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