Magic squares with all subsquares of possible orders based on extended Langford sequences
Abstract
A magic square of order $n$ with all subsquares of possible orders (ASMS$(n)$) is a magic square which contains a general magic square of each order $k\in\{3, 4, \cdots, n-2\}$. Since the conjecture on the existence of an ASMS was proposed in 1994, much attention has been paid but very little is known except for few sporadic examples. A $k$-extended Langford sequence of defect $d$ and length $m$ is equivalent to a partition of $\{1,2,\cdots,2m+1\}\backslash\{k\}$ into differences $\{d,\cdots,d+m-1\}$. In this paper, a construction of ASMS based on extended Langford sequence is established. As a result, it is shown that there exists an ASMS$(n)$ for $n\equiv\pm3\pmod{18}$, which gives a partial answer to Abe's conjecture on ASMS.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- December 2017
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1712.05560
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1712.05560
- Bibcode:
- 2017arXiv171205560L
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - Combinatorics