Sums of Squares of Diagonals of Order 3 Magic Square
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Theorem
Consider the order 3 magic square:
- $\begin {array} {|c|c|c|} \hline 2 & 7 & 6 \\ \hline 9 & 5 & 1 \\ \hline 4 & 3 & 8 \\ \hline \end {array}$
The sums of the squares of the diagonals, when expressed as $3$-digit decimal numbers, are equal to the sums of the squares of those same diagonals of that same order 3 magic square when reversed.
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Proof
For the top-left to bottom-right diagonals:
\(\ds 258^2 + 714^2 + 693^2\) | \(=\) | \(\ds 66564 + 509796 + 480249\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds 1056609\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds 852^2 + 417^2 + 396^2\) | \(=\) | \(\ds 725904 + 173889 + 156816\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds 1056609\) |
For the bottom-left to top-right diagonals:
\(\ds 456^2 + 312^2 + 897^2\) | \(=\) | \(\ds 207936 + 97344 + 804609\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds 1109889\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds 654^2 + 213^2 + 798^2\) | \(=\) | \(\ds 427716 + 45369 + 636804\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds 1109889\) |
$\blacksquare$
Also see
Sources
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $9$
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $9$