Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. Franklin designed a number of Magic Squares. One is shown below. 52 61 4 13 20 29 36 45 14 3 62 51 46 35 30 19 53 60 5 12 21 28 37 44 11 6 59 54 43 38 27 22 55 58 7 10 23 26 39 42 9 8 57 56 41 40 25 24 50 63 2 15 18 31 34 47 16 1 64 49 48 33 32 17 As explained by Franklin, each row and column of the square have the common sum 260. Also, he noted that half of each row or column sums to half of 260. In addition, each of the bent rows (as Franklin called them) have the sum 260. This is way beyond my mathematical abilities.
Posted on: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 15:30:03 +0000
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