Magic Square 8 X 8 Poem by Darwin Henry Beuning
Magic Square 8 X 8
Using Durer's 'Melencolia'
4 X 4 square as a guide
Following the pattern below
A. 16 3 2 13 C. 48 35 34 45
5 10 11 8 37 42 43 40
9 6 7 12 41 38 39 44
4 15 14 1 36 47 46 33
D. 64 51 50 61 B. 32 19 18 29
53 58 59 56 21 26 27 24
57 54 55 60 25 22 23 28
52 63 62 49 20 31 30 17
Then by swapping four vertical lines
Top to bottom
Bottom to top
The square is solved
16 51 50 13 48 19 18 45
5 58 59 8 37 26 27 40
9 54 55 12 41 22 23 44
4 63 62 1 36 31 30 33
64 3 2 61 32 35 34 29
53 10 11 56 21 42 43 24
57 6 7 60 25 38 39 28
52 15 14 49 20 47 46 17
Very interesting, but I'm afraid I don't quite understand it. I mean, I understand what a magic square is, and how all the lines must total the same number, but I don't get how you go about solving it so easily as you seem to have done. You will have to explain it to me when you get back from Thailand.
And of course it doesn't hep the PH won't let you line the numbers up the same way you can on your word processor...
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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9/18/2024 1:48:32 PM # 1.0.0.1119
Kim, Looking forward to showing you more about Magic Squares when I get back on the 29th. In the pattern, the A.4 X4 = 34, the B.4 X 4 = 98, the C.4 X 4 = 162 and the D.4 X 4 = 226. A & D add up to 260, and C and B add up to 260. So the Vertical lines are all correct, just have to fix the horizontal lines and the diagonal lines. Using the Bowtie pattern, I have made a 10 X 10,12 X 12,14 X 14 and a 16 X 16 magic square. It could go on forever! ! .