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.
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.
different row and column that add to the magic sum.
There are more than two solutions.
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