The free semigroup of magic squares
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instance of: scholarly article
title: The free semigroup of magic squares
zbMATH Open document ID: 0957.05020
author: Lionel Cozar
published in: Journal de Théorie des Nombres de Bordeaux
publication date: 1999-06-27T00:00:00Z
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review text: The authors studies a law of composition upon magic (semimagic or panmagic) squares, already introduced in the literature, that provides the set of all magic (semimagic or panmagic) squares with a structure of semigroup. He then proves a conjecture of \textit{A. Adler} and \textit{S.-Y. R. Li} [Am. Math. Mon. 84, 618-627 (1977; Zbl 0389.05018)] and \textit{A. Adler} [Electron. J. Comb. 4, No. 1, Research Paper R15 (1997; Zbl 0885.05007)], that this semigroup is free.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 05B15
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 20M05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11B65
zbMATH DE Number: 912509
zbMATH Keywords: free semigroup
zbMATH Keywords: magic square
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
OpenAlex ID: W2084462188
cites work: Magic Cubes and Prouhet Sequences
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DOI: 10.5802/JTNB.167
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