This is a special Magic Square called as the SWASTIKA Magic Square. All odd numbers are inside the SWASTIKA SYMBOL. (The Magic-Total is 65)
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You can find more special Magic-Squares here
This is a special Magic Square called as the SWASTIKA Magic Square. All odd numbers are inside the SWASTIKA SYMBOL. (The Magic-Total is 65)
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You can find more special Magic-Squares here
Let us do magic square to the date of Birth of our Greatest Indian Mathematician Sri Srinivasa Ramanujan.
His date of Birth is 22nd Dec 1887. The following is a Date-Of-Birth Magic Square with a Magic Total 139.
By following the given method we can do hundreds of, thousands of, millions of Date of Birth Magic Squares for any given date.
The following is a table with variables, which we will use in the explanation
Hurray!!! MAGIC SQUARE FOR 22-12-1887 IS READY
In step number 10, we have divided 101 into 50 and 51. Instead it can be divided into q and 101 or 1 and 100 or 2 and 99 etc. etc… Interestingly we can divide it as -1 and 102 or -2 and 103 or -3 ans 104 etc. While dividing each number, if the numbers are slightly changed, we can get a new Magic square.
Hence we can make hundreds of, thousands of, millions of date of birth magic squares for any given date
Enjoy Magic square for your date of Birth!!! In various methods….
Let the given Number be 63. We will get to the following 3 X 3 Magic-Total 63.
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Note:
While dividing by 3 or 4 or 5, if any fraction comes, put that fraction in all the squares. You should not delete or make it decimal.
Here is a 6 x 6 Magic Square with Magic-Total 111
1)Draw a 6 x 6 empty square.
2)Draw a bold line after the third square, Horizontally and vertically.
3).Now the 6 x 6 magic square will be divided into four 3 x 3 Magic squares.
4) Start filling the 3 x 3 magic square on the top left with numbers 1 to 9. and top right from 19 to 27, bottom left with 28 to 36 and bottom right with 10 to 18.
5) Now exchange the numbers 8,5,4 from the top left 3 x 3 square to the bottommost left 3 x 3 squares with the numbers 35, 32, 31 and vice versa.
6) Your 6 x 6 magic square is ready. All vertical, Horizontal and both diagonal totals are equal ( 111) .
As per the instructions given in step no. 4, the numbers 35,32,31 will be available in the down magic square in place of 8,5,4
The FINAL FORMAT OF 6 X 6 IS GIVEN ABOVE. This will be after exchanging numbers 8,5,4 and replacee them by 35,32,31 and vice versa
This is a 4 x 4 Magic Square with Magic-Total 34
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Note: This method is applicable only for 4×4 magic square. For 6×6, 8×8 there are separate methods available.
This is a 3 X 3 Magic square with Magic-Total 15
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We will discuss the construction of this, step-by-step.
With these simple steps you can make any biggest “ODD NUMBER MAGIC SQUARE IN THE WORLD”
These steps are useful ONLY FOR ODD NUMBER MAGIC SQUARE AND WILL NOT BE USEFUL FOR EVEN NUMBER MAGIC SQUARES.
Magic squares are a set of numbers filled in a 3 x 3, 4 x 4,… squares and after filling it, all the vertical, Horizontal and both diagonal totals are equal.
Properties of the Magic Square:
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Learning mathematics can be made simple. It all depends how you approach the subject. Once you bring in the fun element, then learning any subject is easy. This was the point of discussion at the ‘Fun Maths and Mind Games’ programme by T. R. Jothilingam, an expert in number games. “Why should people hate Mathematics? Is it not the subject that makes your brain active?” he asked and assured how inadequacies could be addressed to get rid of the strong dislike for the subject among students.
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This Biography Magic Square summarizes the important events that in the life of Sri Srinivasa Ramanujan.
How it was constructed:
Important dates in the life of Ramanujan were taken, two digits at a time, representing either the date or the month or the first or second part of the four-digit year. As an example, Ramanujan’s birth-day 22-12-1887 is taken in four separate entries as 22 12 18 87. These were then laid out in the top of the Magic Square, in the first column. Then, a complete Magic Square was built on top of these numbers, with the following additional feature : each square indicated by a separate color (in this case, there are 4 such 4×4 sub-sqaures), which are magic squares themselves!
(Download Ramanujan_16x16_biography_Magic_Square in excel format).
This is a smaller version of the 100-by-100 and 125-by-125 biography magic squares that we have constructed.
This was earlier published in an article “A Unique Novel Homage to the Great Indian Mathematician” in the March 2013 (Volume 23, Pg 146-147) Mathematics Newsletter published by the Ramanujan Mathematics Society. (download free).
If you find this interesting, you could construct your own! If you want some help, drop a mail to me at contact[at]jollymaths[dot]com.
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Is maths fun? There may be some who reply positively but it bears a dull reputation among many others. But if the numbers are interspersed in puzzles and mind games, it is sure to kindle interest amongst children. Encouraging children to approach the subject with ease is what station master T.R. Jothilingam does. He has a passion for the mind games, puzzles, Sudoku and more. He began to deal with numbers a decade ago and set up his first magic square then. As he dealt more with them he found a great satisfaction in completing them. He has set up odd number magic squares, 4×4 magic square (total 34), special magic squares, an upside down magic square (it is a magic square when turned to 180 degrees gives the same total of 24) and a Palindrome magic square (a number when read from left to right or right to left is the same).
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