Re: schoolkids construct extraordinary magic square

On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:58:48 GMT, "*** T. Winter" <***.Winter@xxxxxx> wrote:


I don't think it's hard to make a magic square, especially using a
computer, but according to mathematicians from Radboud University
(Nijmegen), this is a special Franklin square.
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But it is not a Franklin squre.

I guess that's what makes it /special/. :-) ;-)


That would require that each half of a column or row adds up to 435,
which is not the case. So calling it a special Franklin square is
misleading.



F.

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