Construction of magic squares using the knight's move in Islamic mathematics
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Construction of magic squares using the knight's move in Islamic mathematics
zbMATH Open document ID: 1043.01009
author: Jacques Sesiano
published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences
publication date: 2004-02-19T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: 407 2003 Article 71.pdf
review text: From the ninth to eleventh centuries, several Islamic mathematicians described systematic techniques of constructing magic squares. The reasons for their interest are not known, and little of their work reached the West before the present. Some of these constructions involved chess moves to get from one number to the next. The author describes several methods with some comments on why they work. Examples of squares of various sizes are given.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A30
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 05B15
zbMATH DE Number: 2032490
zbMATH Keywords: magic squares
reviewed by: Edward J. Barbeau
MaRDI profile type: Publication
OpenAlex ID: W2074904835
DOI: 10.1007/S00407-003-0071-4
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2032490