| I shall request the reader to first read about Magic Squares which is in the Mathematics Trivia list. |
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The above 3*3 Magic square has the property that all rows, columns and diagonals sum to 15. Well, it has another "magic" and "square" property ! If you read the rows as NUMBERS, forwards and backwards, and square them, then
Magic ?
Now, take a minute to see what happens with the columns. Then try the "diagonals" which wrap around the square... |
| (c) Bheshaj Kumar Ashley Hoolash |