Archive for the ‘Mathematics’ Category

Fibonacci Numbers Pt I

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

The Shallow Diagonals of Pascal’s Triangle. (more…)

Magic Squares

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Definition:
A magic square is an arrangement of the numbers from 1 to n^2 (n-squared) in an ‘n x n‘ matrix, with each number occurring exactly once, and such that the sum of the entries of any row, any column, or any main diagonal is the same (known as the ‘Magic Constant’).

The ‘Magic Constant’ (or sum of the entries) can be arrived at by applying the following equation:

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