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Benjamin Franklin's 16 X 16 magic square read by rows.
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%I #12 Oct 27 2018 23:13:29

%S 200,217,232,249,8,25,40,57,72,89,104,121,136,153,168,185,58,39,26,7,

%T 250,231,218,199,186,167,154,135,122,103,90,71,198,219,230,251,6,27,

%U 38,59,70,91,102,123,134,155,166,187,60,37,28,5,252,229,220,197

%N Benjamin Franklin's 16 X 16 magic square read by rows.

%C The column and row sums equal 2056.

%H Paul Hanna, <a href="/A124472/b124472.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..256</a>

%H Kevin Brown, <a href="http://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath155.htm">Franklin's magic squares</a>

%H Jared Sparks, The Works of Benjamin Franklin: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the Author, <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=x2QsAAAAMAAJ">Volume 6</a> (1856). See <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=x2QsAAAAMAAJ&amp;pg=PA102-IA1">Plate VII</a>.

%e 200.217.232.249...8..25..40..57..72..89.104.121.136.153.168.185

%e .58..39..26...7.250.231.218.199.186.167.154.135.122.103..90..71

%e 198.219.230.251...6..27..38..59..70..91.102.123.134.155.166.187

%e .60..37..28...5.252.229.220.197.188.165.156.133.124.101..92..69

%e 201.216.233.248...9..24..41..56..73..88.105.120.137.152.169.184

%e .55..42..23..10.247.234.215.202.183.170.151.138.119.106..87..74

%e 203.214.235.246..11..22..43..54..75..86.107.118.139.150.171.182

%e .53..44..21..12.245.236.213.204.181.172.149.140.117.108..85..76

%e 205.212.237.244..13..20..45..52..77..84.109.116.141.148.173.180

%e .51..46..19..14.243.238.211.206.179.174.147.142.115.110..83..78

%e 207.210.239.242..15..18..47..50..79..82.111.114.143.146.175.178

%e .49..48..17..16.241.240.209.208.177.176.145.144.113.112..81..80

%e 196.221.228.253...4..29..36..61..68..93.100.125.132.157.164.189

%e .62..35..30...3.254.227.222.195.190.163.158.131.126..99..94..67

%e 194.223.226.255...2..31..34..63..66..95..98.127.130.159.162.191

%e .64..33..32...1.256.225.224.193.192.161.160.129.128..97..96..65

%Y Cf. A126128, A126129.

%K nonn,fini,tabf

%O 1,1

%A _Paul D. Hanna_, Dec 17 2006