A073521 The set of 16 consecutive primes with the property that they form a 4 X 4 magic square with the smallest magic constant (258).

31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97, 101

Offset

1,1

References

Allan W. Johnson, Jr., Journal of Recreational Mathematics, vol. 14:2, 1981-82, pp. 152-153.

Clifford A. Pickover, The Zen of Magic Squares, Circles and Stars: An Exhibition of Surprising Structures across Dimensions, Princeton University Press, 2002.

Links

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

Harvey Heinz, Prime Magic Squares

Index entries for sequences related to magic squares

Example

The magic square is
[ 37 83 97 41 ]
[ 53 61 71 73 ]
[ 89 67 59 43 ]
[ 79 47 31 101 ]

Prog

(PARI) A073521=MagicPrimes(258, 4) \\ See A073519 for MagicPrimes(). - M. F. Hasler, Oct 28 2018

Crossrefs

Cf. A073519, A073520, A073522, A073523.

Sequence in context: A044973 A230035 A051267 * A180540 A279846 A291994

Adjacent sequences: A073518 A073519 A073520 * A073522 A073523 A073524

Keyword

nonn,fini,full

Author

N. J. A. Sloane, Aug 29 2002

Status

approved