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K. Ramasubramanian
IIT Bombay
Course: HS 636
Magic Squares - Part 1
Outline
I
Introduction
Kacchaput.a of N
ag
arjuna (c. 100 CE)
Sarvatobhadra of Var
ahamihira (550 CE)
Introduction
Background and Relevance
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PD Sum: 6 + 5 + 7 + 8 6= 34
PD Sum: 13 + 16 + 4 + 1 = 34
Thakkura Pher
u in his Gan.itas
arakaumud classifies n n magic
squares into the following types:
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I
I
n(n2 +1)
.
2
ayan
. a observes:
Classifying the magic squares Nar
Ba:d:a:*: e . ca:tua.=:a:ea ;
a.na.=;g{a:ke ta:;;vea:a .sa:ma:ga:BRa:m,a
d;a:g{ea tua ;a.va:Sa:ma:ga:Ba yea:k+a:g{ea :ke+.va:lM ;a.va:Sa:ma:m,a
When the order of the magic square is divided by 4, if
the remainder r = 0, then it is samagarbha; if r = 2,
then it is vis.amagarbha; and if r = 3 or 1, then it is
vis.ama.
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Gan.itakaumud 14.2.
The author of this note learnt by heart at the age of nine the following
pan-diagonal square which was taught to him by an elderly person who
had not been to school at all.
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15
10
16
Kacchaput.a of N
ag
arjuna (c. 100 CE)
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AkR Indu;
a.na:Da.ana.a.=:a
.tea:na l++;a. a ;a.vana.a.sana:m,a
0
n3
n6
n3
n5
n7
n4
n6
n4
n8
n1
n7
n1
n2
n9
n2
n8
Sum = 2n + 1
Kacchaput.a of N
ag
arjuna (c. 100 CE)
The following pan-diagonal magic square totaling to 100 has also
been called N
ag
arjunya
30
10
32
28
16
44
14
26
18
22
20
40
36
24
34
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How N
ag
arjuna would have obtained it is yet to be explained
satisfactorily.
Sarvatobhadra of Var
ahamihira (550 CE)
In the Chapter on Gandhayukti of Br.hatsam
a, Var
ahamihira describes the
. hit
Sarvatobhadra perfumes
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5
4
7
3
8
1
6
5
2
7
4
8
3
6
1
Sarvatobhadra of Var
ahamihira (550 CE)
As the commentator Bhat..totpala (c.950) explains:
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5
4
7
3
8
1
6
5
2
7
4
8
3
6
1
Sarvatobhadra of Var
ahamihira (550 CE)
Translation of the commentary of Bhat.t.otpala
Sarvatobhadra of Var
ahamihira N
ar
ayan.as
This square
Var
ahamihiras
2
N
ar
ayan.as
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I N
ar
ayan.a now poses the question:
entry being 1, N
ar
ayan.a states:
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14
16
I N
ar
ayan.a actually also displays
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1 2
(N + N)
2
magic sum S =
I Taking N = 16, we will get S = 34.
sankalita
.
N
sred
. hidefined by (a, d).
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I Having obtained (a, d), the
sred
. h having n elements is constructed
and this will be used to fill in n n square. N
ar
ayan.a makes use of the
following kut..ta
k
ara to obtain (a, d).
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{a + (a + (n2 1)d)}
(1)
nS = n2
2
n
(n2 1)d
(2)
or
S = na +
2
I It is well known that in a kut..ta
k
ara problem there exists an infinite
number
of integral
solutions for (a, d) if S is divisible by the GCD of
n, n2 (n2 1) . In other words, S should be divisible by n when n is
odd, and by n2 for n even.
I N
ar
ayan.as example: Construct a 4 4 magic square with S = 40. Now
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