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Some magic squares of order 3 with five square entries have this parametric form:
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| (x*y)^2 | y^4 |sqrt(z)*(3*x^2 - y^2)/2|
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| x^4 | z | 2*z - x^4 |
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|sqrt(z)*(3*y^2 - x^2)/2| 2*z - y^4 | 2*z - (x*y)^2 |
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where z = (x^2 + y^2)^2/4, x and y are integers such that (x^4 - y^4 + 2*(x*y)^2)/2 is a square (e.g., x = 11 and y = 17; x = 5337 and y = 6257).
This sequence presents the magic square belonging to this family and having the smallest possible magic sum (S = 126075).
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