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The magic hexagram

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 November 2021

Brian Bolt
Affiliation:
University of Exeter
Roger Eggleton
Affiliation:
Universiti Brunei Darussalam
Joe Gilks
Affiliation:
Deakin University, Australia

Extract

It was at the Fifth Southeast Asian Conference on Mathematical Education (June 1990, in Brunei Darussalam) that Brian Bolt posed the question: Can the numbers 1 to 12 be arranged within the hexagram below to give equal sums in the six indicated directions? This is the Magic Hexagram Problem.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Mathematical Association 1991

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