Sunday, October 29, 2017

MAGIC SQUARE OF JUPITER

Another famous magic square appears in a woodcut by the German artist Albrecht Dürer, who lived from 1471 to 1528. It is called the Magic square of Jupiter.




a Find the 4-digit numeral contained within the square that 
   identifies a year that occurred during Dürer’s lifetime.

b What is the magic sum for this 4 × 4 square ?

c Find five 2 × 2 squares within the magic square for which the 
   numbers have the same total as the magic sum.

d Apart from the two diagonals, find four numbers each from a 
   different row and  column that add to the magic sum.


There are more than two solutions.


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