OFFSET
3,1
COMMENTS
In the associative magic square the sums of every pair of elements which are center-symmetrical are equal. Associative squares exist for every magic square order.
REFERENCES
Magic square of order 3: see the book: M. Gardner. From the Penrose tilings to securely encrypted, 1993.
LINKS
Max Alekseyev, Discussion on the scientific forum (in Russian)
Natalia Makorova, Author's webpage (in Russian)
EXAMPLE
n = 6, S = 14280
[ 2722 2326 1255 2965 958 4054
2182 391 2902 3865 4306 634
4198 2605 2839 166 58 4414
346 4702 4594 1921 2155 562
4126 454 895 1858 4369 2578
706 3802 1795 3505 2434 2038 ]
.
n = 7, S = 64288
[ 346 18274 1219 10966 2182 16735 14566
16474 121 13666 3946 16726 12442 913
1282 17833 7762 15646 9274 706 11785
18346 2839 14719 9184 3649 15529 22
6583 17662 9094 2722 10606 535 17086
17455 5926 1642 14422 4702 18247 1894
3802 1633 16186 7402 17149 94 18022 ]
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,more,base
AUTHOR
Natalia Makarova, Apr 17 2011
STATUS
approved