A126710 A 4 x 4 magic square.

7, 12, 1, 14, 2, 13, 8, 11, 16, 3, 10, 5, 9, 6, 15, 4

Offset

1,1

Comments

The magic sum is 34. See Figure 1.2 on page 10 in Maya Ahmed's PhD thesis. This magic square is found in a Jaina inscription of the twelfth or thirteenth century in the city of Khajuraho, India (as mentioned in Maya Ahmed's thesis).

The inscription is in the Parsvanatha Temple and may date back to its construction, estimated at 954. - Charles R Greathouse IV, Dec 24 2018

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..16.

Maya Mohsin Ahmed, Algebraic combinatorics of magic squares, PhD thesis UC Davis, arXiv:math/0405476 [math.CO], 2004.

W. S. Andrews, Magic Squares And Cubes, 1917, pp. 124-126.

Rainer Typke, Magic Square at the Parsvanatha Temple, Khajuraho, Eastern Group, 2008.

Example

The magic square is:
7 12 1 14
2 13 8 11
16 3 10 5
9 6 15 4

Crossrefs

Cf. A126654, A126653, A126652, A126651, A126650, A126649, A126648, A126647.

Sequence in context: A143602 A177999 A293220 * A300729 A152199 A293926

Adjacent sequences: A126707 A126708 A126709 * A126711 A126712 A126713

Keyword

fini,full,nonn,tabf

Author

Parthasarathy Nambi, Feb 12 2007

Status

approved