magic square

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magic square

Summary

magic square ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,927 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • magic square is a type of semimagic square[2].
  • magic square is a type of geometric magic square[3].
  • magic square is a type of magic hypercube[4].
  • magic square is a type of magic figure[5].
  • magic square's Commons category is recorded as Magic squares[6].
  • magic square's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Magic squares[7].
  • magic square's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8].
  • magic square's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[9].
  • magic square's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • magic square's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • magic square's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • magic square's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • magic square's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • magic square's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/magic-square[15].
  • magic square's has characteristic is recorded as magic constant[16].
  • magic square's different from is recorded as multiplicative magic square[17].
  • magic square's different from is recorded as semimagic square[18].
  • magic square's studied by is recorded as graph theory[19].
  • magic square's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[20].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include semimagic square[2], geometric magic square[3], magic hypercube[4], and magic figure[5].

Why It Matters

magic square ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,927 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by graph theory
    Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject Mathematics
    Different from multiplicative magic square, semimagic square
    Subclass of
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007543406305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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