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- Provides an English translation of the author's study on the science of magic squares
- Contains an updated overview of the subject
- Includes a full chapter on other magic figures
Part of the book series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (SHMP)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
The science of magic squares witnessed an important development in the Islamic world during the Middle Ages, with a great variety of construction methods being created and ameliorated. The initial step was the translation, in the ninth century, of an anonymous Greek text containing the description of certain highly developed arrangements, no doubt the culmination of ancient research on magic squares.
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Authors and Affiliations
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Geneva, Switzerland
Jacques Sesiano
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Magic Squares
Book Subtitle: Their History and Construction from Ancient Times to AD 1600
Authors: Jacques Sesiano
Series Title: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17993-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-17992-2Published: 29 May 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-17995-3Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-17993-9Published: 21 May 2019
Series ISSN: 2196-8810
Series E-ISSN: 2196-8829
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 313
Topics: History of Mathematical Sciences