A magic square is a square array of numbers consisting of the distinct positive integers 1, 2, ...

, that the sum of the

arranged such

numbers in any horizontal, vertical, or main diagonal line is always the same number

It is the arrangement of natural numbers on circles where the sum of the numbers on each circle and the sum of numbers on diameter are identical. One of his magic circles was constructed from 33 natural numbers from 1 to 33 arranged on four circles , with 9 at the centern mathematics, a magic cube is the 3dimensional equivalent of a magic square, that is, a number of integers arranged in a n x n x npattern such that the sum of the numbers on each row, each column, each pillar and the four main space diagonals is equal to a single number, the so-called magic constant of the cube, denoted M3(n). It can be 3 shown that if a magic cube consists of the numbers 1, 2, ..., n , then it has magic constant

(sequence A027441 in OEIS)