On Euler's magic matrices of sizes $3$ and $8$
Combinatorics
2026-05-19 v2 Number Theory
Abstract
A proper Euler's magic matrix is an integer matrix such that for some nonzero constant , the sum of the squares of the entries along each of the two main diagonals equals , and the squares of all entries in are pairwise distinct. Euler constructed such matrices for . In this work, we construct examples for and prove that no such matrix exists for .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2504.16260,
title = {On Euler's magic matrices of sizes $3$ and $8$},
author = {Peter Müller},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.16260},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
13 pages; enhanced arguments; some examples concerning the case $n=5$; to be published in Acta Arithmetica