The Parker Square - Numberphile
Matt Parker reveals his pride and joy - the mysterious Parker Square! More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ T-Shirt: http://bit.ly/ParkerSquareTshirt Mug and Button: https://store...
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MATT PARKER: 1, 68, 44, 28,41 and 64And so you, ok that's quite a nice magic square,except it doesn't work.If you add them up you get different numbers in different directions,If I go through now and square all of these numbers,that becomes a magic square.or rather it becomes a semi magic square.So this is so close to being a magic square of square numbers.So all the rows add to the same number, all the columns add to the same number.No one has ever founda magic square that works properly both diagonalsand all the numbers are square numbers.It's an open question in mathematics.And so people actually compete. There are sorts of squares we haven't found,so people try to find a 4-by-4 magic square with cube numbers,or, you know, a ...
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MATT PARKER: 1, 68, 44, 28,41 and 64And so you, ok that's quite a nice magic square,except it doesn't work.If you add them up you get different numbers in different directions,If I go through now and square all of these numbers,that becomes a magic square.or rather it becomes a semi magic square.So this is so close to being a magic square of square numbers.So all the rows add to the same number, all the columns add to the same number.No one has ever founda magic square that works properly both diagonalsand all the numbers are square numbers.It's an open question in mathematics.And so people actually compete. There are sorts of squares we haven't found,so people try to find a 4-by-4 magic square with cube numbers,or, you know, a ...
