Article 4M17C Magic square links and errata

Magic square links and errata

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Someone pointed out that what I called a knight's tour magic square is technically a semi-magic square: the rows and columns add up to the same constant, but the diagonals do not.

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It turns out there are no strict magic squares formed by knight's tours. This was proved in 2003. See a news article here.

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