Magic Squares
Their History and Construction from Ancient Times to AD 1600
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Beschreibung
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.
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.
Provides an English translation of the author's study on the science of magic squares Contains an updated overview of the subject Includes a full chapter on other magic figures
Autor*in
Jacques Sesiano
Themen in »Magic Squares«
diagonal placing method of the cross composite magic squares method of Stifel magic triangles magic crosses magic circles magic rectangles
Stimmen zu »Magic Squares«
“This is certainly a definitive comprehensive treatise on the history of magic squares from their known beginnings to 1600. There is a wealth of material, containing methods of construction as well as individual magic squares, including bordered and pandiagonal magic squares, that is astonishing.” (Victor V. Pambuccian, zbMATH 1422.01002, 2019)
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