most-perfect magic square

noun

A magic square of order n containing the numbers 1 to n² and where each 2 × 2 subsquare sums to 2s, where s = n² + 1, and all pairs of integers distant n/2 along a (major) diagonal sum to s.

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Meanings

nounmost-perfect magic square (plural most-perfect magic squares)

plural most-perfect magic squares

  1. recreational mathematicsmathematicsA magic square of order n containing the numbers 1 to n² and where each 2 × 2 subsquare sums to 2s, where s = n² + 1, and all pairs of integers distant n/2 along a (major) diagonal sum to s.
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