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A380966 a(n) is an upper bound such that there exists an m X m magic square of n-th powers for all m >= a(n).

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%I A380966 #7 Feb 10 2025 20:47:24
%S A380966 36,52,84,140,164,196,224,252,284,312,344,372,404,436,468,500,532,564,
%T A380966 596,632,664,696,732,764,796,832,864,900,936,968,1004,1036,1072,1108,
%U A380966 1144,1180,1212,1248,1284,1320,1356,1392,1428,1464,1500,1536,1572,1608,1644,1680
%N A380966 a(n) is an upper bound such that there exists an m X m magic square of n-th powers for all m >= a(n).
%C A380966 See Rome and Yamagishi (2024), eq. (2.2).
%C A380966 In particular, an m X m magic square of squares is proved to exist for all m >= 36. Combined with previous results that show the existence of such squares for 4 <= m <= 64, it follows that an m X m magic square of squares exists for all m >= 4. The 3 x 3 case is still unsolved.
%H A380966 Brady Haran and Matt Parker, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stpiBy6gWOA">A Magic Square Breakthrough</a>, YouTube Numberphile video, 2025.
%H A380966 Nick Rome and Shuntaro Yamagishi, <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2406.09364">On the existence of magic squares of powers</a>, arXiv:2406.09364v2 [math.NT], 2024.
%H A380966 <a href="/index/Mag#magic">Index entries for sequences related to magic squares</a>
%F A380966 a(n) = 4*2^n + 20, if 2 <= n <= 4;
%F A380966 a(n) = 4*ceiling(n*(log(n) + 4.20032)) + 20, if n >= 5. Cf. Rome and Yamagishi (2024), eq. (2.2).
%t A380966 A380966[n_] := 20 + 4*If[2 <= n <= 4, 2^n, Ceiling[n*(Log[n] + 4.20032)]];
%t A380966 Array[A380966, 50, 2]
%Y A380966 Cf. A364264.
%K A380966 nonn
%O A380966 2,1
%A A380966 _Paolo Xausa_, Feb 09 2025