Magic Squares: Their History and Construction from Ancient Times to AD 1600 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783030179953)

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.


Author: Jacques Sesiano
ISBN-10: 3030179958
ISBN-13: 9783030179953
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 08/14/2020
Pages: 313
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d