Journal of Integer Sequences, Vol. 27 (2024), Article 24.1.4

Self-Complementary Magic Squares of Singly Even Orders


Gek L. Chia
Department of Mathematical and Actuarial Sciences
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Sungai Long Campus
43000 Cheras, Selangor
Malaysia

Wai Keong Kok
Department of Mathematical and Data Science
Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology
53300 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia

Abstract:

A self-complementary magic square of order n is a magic square M whose entries consist of the first n2 natural numbers such that when each entry i of M is replaced by n2 + 1 — i, the resulting square is equivalent to M (under rotation or reflection). The purpose of this paper is twofold. For any given singly even natural number n, (i) we extend the method of Strachey to produce many magic squares (instead of just one) of order n, and (ii) by making a variation of this extended method, we construct many self-complementary magic squares of order n.


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(Concerned with sequence A006052.)


Received July 15 2022; revised versions received July 17 2022; February 28 2023; March 20 2023. Published in Journal of Integer Sequences, January 11 2024.


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