pith. machine review for the scientific record. sign in

arxiv: 1712.05560 · v1 · submitted 2017-12-15 · 🧮 math.CO

Recognition: unknown

Magic squares with all subsquares of possible orders based on extended Langford sequences

Authors on Pith no claims yet
classification 🧮 math.CO
keywords asmsmagiccdotsextendedlangfordsquareconjectureorder
0
0 comments X
read the original abstract

A magic square of order $n$ with all subsquares of possible orders (ASMS$(n)$) is a magic square which contains a general magic square of each order $k\in\{3, 4, \cdots, n-2\}$. Since the conjecture on the existence of an ASMS was proposed in 1994, much attention has been paid but very little is known except for few sporadic examples. A $k$-extended Langford sequence of defect $d$ and length $m$ is equivalent to a partition of $\{1,2,\cdots,2m+1\}\backslash\{k\}$ into differences $\{d,\cdots,d+m-1\}$. In this paper, a construction of ASMS based on extended Langford sequence is established. As a result, it is shown that there exists an ASMS$(n)$ for $n\equiv\pm3\pmod{18}$, which gives a partial answer to Abe's conjecture on ASMS.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.