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Early history of magic cubes (1100–1850) - Jacques Sesiano - EPFL Press

Early history of magic cubes (1100–1850)

de Jacques Sesiano (auteur)
août 2025
format 160 x 240 360 pages En stock
39,00 €

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Présentation

The history of magic cubes is generally considered to begin in the second half of the 19th century, when the conditions for a cube to be called magic were established: it must display the same sum in each horizontal, vertical and front-to-back row, as well as in the four internal diagonals of the cube.

However, during the preceding seven centuries, constructions of magic cubes had been already carried out, but obeying other definitions. The first study is found in 12th-century Persia. Then, Fermat dealt with them in the 17th century. Unaware of the existence of predecessors, and with a different definition, the Frenchman Sauveur taught a construction method that was adopted in Leibniz’s circle. This method was expanded in the 1830s, but fell into oblivion with the modern definition of the magic cube.

Sommaire

  • Preface
  • Table of contents
  • Chapter I. Magic squares
  • Chapter II. Magic cubes in general
  • Chapter III. Khazinii’s treatise on magic cubes
  • Chapter IV. Fermat’s magic cube
  • Chapter V. Sauveur’s magic cubes
  • Chapter VI. Magic cubes in Leibniz’s circle
  • Chapter VII. Violle’s magic cubes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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Informations

Éditeur : EPFL Press

Auteur(s) : Jacques Sesiano

Publication : 7 août 2025

Édition : 1re édition

Support(s) : Livre papier

Nombre de pages Livre papier : 360

Format (en mm) Livre papier : 160 x 240

Poids (en grammes) : 620

Langue(s) : Anglais

EAN13 Livre papier : 9782889156993

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