A126709 The Loh-Shu 3 x 3 magic square, variant 2.

4, 9, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 1, 6

Offset: 1

Author

Parthasarathy Nambi, Feb 12 2007

Keywords

• fini
• full
• nonn
• tabf

Comments

The magic sum is 15. See Figure 1.2 on page 10 in Maya Ahmed's PhD thesis. This magic square is referred to Loh-Shu magic square and is attributed to the legendary Fu Xi (Fuh-Hi).

Sequence A033812 lists the same magic square with rows in reversed order, i.e., vertically flipped. - M. F. Hasler, Jan 26 2019

Examples

			The magic square is:
  4 9 2
  3 5 7
  8 1 6
		

Links

• Maya Mohsin Ahmed, Algebraic Combinatorics of Magic Squares, arXiv:math/0405476 [math.CO], 2004.
• Alexander Poddiakov, Self-Similar Structures of Nontransitive Dice Sets: Examples of Nested "Rock-Paper-Scissors" Relations Based on Numbers from The Lo Shu Magic Square,
• Index entries for sequences related to magic squares

Crossrefs

A033812 is the same magic square with rows listed in reverse order.

Other magic 3 X 3 squares: A126648, A126652, A126653, A126654.

Larger magic squares: A126647, A126649, A126651, A126650.

Extensions

Edited by M. F. Hasler, Jan 26 2019