A073521 The set of 16 consecutive primes with the property that they form a 4 X 4 magic square with the smallest magic constant (258).

31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97, 101

Offset: 1

Author

N. J. A. Sloane, Aug 29 2002

Keywords

• nonn
• fini
• full

Examples

			The magic square is
[ 37 83 97 41 ]
[ 53 61 71 73 ]
[ 89 67 59 43 ]
[ 79 47 31 101 ]
		

References

• Allan W. Johnson, Jr., Journal of Recreational Mathematics, vol. 14:2, 1981-82, pp. 152-153.
• Clifford A. Pickover, The Zen of Magic Squares, Circles and Stars: An Exhibition of Surprising Structures across Dimensions, Princeton University Press, 2002.

Links

• Harvey Heinz, Prime Magic Squares
• Bill McEachen, Python program
• Index entries for sequences related to magic squares

Crossrefs

Cf. A073519, A073520, A073522, A073523.

Programs

PARI

A073521=MagicPrimes(258,4) \\ See A073519 for MagicPrimes(). - M. F. Hasler, Oct 28 2018