Magic squares: their history and construction from ancient times to AD 1600

The science of magic squares witnessed an important development in the Islamic world during the Middle Ages, with a great variety of construction methods being created and ameliorated. The initial step was the translation, in the ninth century, of an anonymous Greek text containing the description o...

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Autor principal: Sesiano, Jacques
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: Springer 2019
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Mathematical Physics and Mathematics
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17993-9
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description The science of magic squares witnessed an important development in the Islamic world during the Middle Ages, with a great variety of construction methods being created and ameliorated. The initial step was the translation, in the ninth century, of an anonymous Greek text containing the description of certain highly developed arrangements, no doubt the culmination of ancient research on magic squares.
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spelling cern-27001622021-04-21T18:15:16Zdoi:10.1007/978-3-030-17993-9http://cds.cern.ch/record/2700162engSesiano, JacquesMagic squares: their history and construction from ancient times to AD 1600Mathematical Physics and MathematicsThe science of magic squares witnessed an important development in the Islamic world during the Middle Ages, with a great variety of construction methods being created and ameliorated. The initial step was the translation, in the ninth century, of an anonymous Greek text containing the description of certain highly developed arrangements, no doubt the culmination of ancient research on magic squares.Springeroai:cds.cern.ch:27001622019
spellingShingle Mathematical Physics and Mathematics
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Magic squares: their history and construction from ancient times to AD 1600
title Magic squares: their history and construction from ancient times to AD 1600
title_full Magic squares: their history and construction from ancient times to AD 1600
title_fullStr Magic squares: their history and construction from ancient times to AD 1600
title_full_unstemmed Magic squares: their history and construction from ancient times to AD 1600
title_short Magic squares: their history and construction from ancient times to AD 1600
title_sort magic squares: their history and construction from ancient times to ad 1600
topic Mathematical Physics and Mathematics
url https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17993-9
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