Magic Square - Sixty Symbols

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  • Опубліковано 6 сер 2009
  • Bit of Da Vinci Code moment here as Professor Laurence Eaves fuses his love of mathematical games and a famous piece of art. More videos at www.sixtysymbols.com/
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  • @iamnorwegian
    @iamnorwegian 11 років тому +47

    You also get 34 by adding the four in the middle.
    You also get 34 by adding the corners.
    You also get 34 by adding any four numbers that make up a 2x2 square, where one of the numbers is a corner.
    You also get 34 by adding two adjacent numbers that lie on an edge, and the two numbers opposite to those.
    It seems if you move your imaginary 2X2 square anywhere from the center, you end up with a sum of 34 every 2 moves. That includes moving it "outide" the board, by reappearing on the other side.

    • @Gyva02
      @Gyva02 Рік тому +2

      woah... awesome stuff...

    • @hoshiref
      @hoshiref Рік тому +1

      Maestro

    • @user-jn7fv8gq1t
      @user-jn7fv8gq1t 9 місяців тому

      You also get the year it was made in the centre bottom and durers birthday from the two numbers either side of those 👌

  • @evilcam
    @evilcam 8 років тому +26

    This is the most wacky calculation justifying 137 I've ever seen. Eaves is a boss.

  • @alicewhite1818
    @alicewhite1818 11 років тому +7

    Another interesting fact about that magic square: If you sum the cells and divide the sum (136) by one more than its highest number (16+1), you get 8 which is twice the number of either rows or columns. Or I suppose the total number of rows and columns.

  • @SampleroftheMultiverse
    @SampleroftheMultiverse 8 років тому +1

    Cool, so many tantalizing hints leading us some where!!

  • @Re-bl5sr
    @Re-bl5sr 3 роки тому +6

    Been fascinated by Magic Squares since I was around 11 or 12. Recently wrote an aryicle on Druers 'Me;ancholia' covering the symbolism involved but the main point pf the piece focused on the Magic Square (and how the way in which he etched somr of the numbers seemed deliberately ambiguous - ie. how the number '5' contained within the first square of the second row looks nothing like its supposed counterpart shown within the second square of the fourth row containing the number '15'.
    This to me is no mistake when I consider the level of detail of the entire piece. Consider too that this is an etching, so there were no mistakes on the final plate.
    Quite a unique magic square also as I'm sure those with an interest in them will agree. Appreciate the video.

  • @singingbanana
    @singingbanana 15 років тому +12

    On the bottom row you can see 1514 too, which I believe is the year of the artwork.

  • @Roddyoneeye
    @Roddyoneeye 13 років тому +3

    Magic Squares are fun to do. It's relaxing to focus on them.

  • @Doolbo
    @Doolbo 11 років тому +20

    The last couple of things he said has actually motivated me to go and do the work I've been putting off doing for uni.

    • @DEATH14269
      @DEATH14269 Рік тому

      Uni?

    • @svperuzer
      @svperuzer Рік тому

      @@DEATH14269 university... I wonder if he ever graduated

    • @hoshiref
      @hoshiref Рік тому

      Do it, do it now ( use Arnold Schwarzenegger's voice when reading)

  • @christophermyers8157
    @christophermyers8157 4 роки тому +2

    Excuse my mistake for calling it a wood block cut, I believe Melancholia was a metallic engraving.

    • @Re-bl5sr
      @Re-bl5sr 3 роки тому

      Thought it was a wood black cut too. Ah well, I'm sure we'll survive.

  • @northbeachfilms
    @northbeachfilms 11 років тому +11

    love this series. and, "melancholia I" is my favorite work by albrecht durer. also because of the look on the angel's face. the four corners of the magic squares also add up to 34. and i think that the earliest examples of this "game" were found in china. thanks for another great show.

  • @enlightnd0ne446
    @enlightnd0ne446 3 роки тому +2

    No such thing as coincidence’s ... everything happens for a reason

  • @borys887
    @borys887 10 років тому +1

    I heard (probably I saw this on wikipedia, but it was some time ago and I don't remember), that in the middle of the last row there is 15 and 14, while the painting was made in 1514.

  • @razorborne
    @razorborne 11 років тому +2

    the four corners also add up to 34, as do the 2x2 squares in the corners and the middle.

  • @ze_rubenator
    @ze_rubenator 14 років тому +2

    @pensword5 what you haven't thought about is that there are many more squares in it.

  • @RickyStufff
    @RickyStufff 13 років тому

    The four corner squares and the four centre squares both add up to 34. The four opposite squares both vertically and horizontally add up to 34. Both sets of symmetrically placed squares (3 5 12 14) and (2 8 9 15) add up to 34. Each corner group of four squares (like 16 3 10 5) adds up to 34.

  • @sukichere7253
    @sukichere7253 6 років тому +4

    If you take any pair of numbers in the square, and add them to a corresponding pair that is a symetrical to the original pair, they add to 34 For example (5+3) + (14+12) OR (16+9)+(1+8)

  • @islandbuoy4
    @islandbuoy4 12 років тому

    @tehremnantz
    re: ZPE (zero point energy)
    "From his data, the newly obtained value of the fine structure constant is 1/128.5 instead of the smaller 1/137 that is traditionally observed for a fully screened electron. The fine structure constant equals the electron charge squared divided by Planck's constant and the speed of light."

  • @harshm2u
    @harshm2u 15 років тому +1

    Fantastic!

  • @billysgeo
    @billysgeo 11 років тому

    Thank you for making those videos!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @QuantumChance
    @QuantumChance 12 років тому +1

    if you count the numbers from 1-16, you will find they make an interesting pattern. Think about how this pattern is arranged to give the same #'s for each row and column

  • @holsson85
    @holsson85 15 років тому +1

    Amazing!

  • @Uminchuu
    @Uminchuu 12 років тому +3

    I love playing with magic squares. One of my favorites is actually not a square at all. It's Ben Franklin's magic circle! Though, he did make some interesting magic squares as well.

    • @Re-bl5sr
      @Re-bl5sr 3 роки тому +1

      My first time hearing of a 'Franklins Magic Circle; I'll have to look into them.
      Have you heard about Magick Cubes?

    • @Uminchuu
      @Uminchuu 3 роки тому

      @@Re-bl5sr never heard of magic cubes before. I'll have to look into them now. Thanks

  • @Apjooz
    @Apjooz 13 років тому

    @wesmatron
    The guy should have mentioned that, that's amazing.

  • @artemisiak677
    @artemisiak677 8 років тому +17

    Yes, there is more of these magic squares. They are named after planets. Also in numerology if you add the # 34 you get 7. All the sides equal 7. I think it also has to do with order, pattern and balance. These squares are used in alchemy and magic.

    • @athalismagickinstitute4383
      @athalismagickinstitute4383 Рік тому +1

      Yes here is for instance Jupiter....

    • @DEATH14269
      @DEATH14269 Рік тому +1

      Well yeah balance and equality.
      Cause and effect.
      Then circle of infinity.
      Life after death.
      They say it's to cease to exist.
      But that goes against our universal laws you see.
      Energy must be turned into something else.
      Nothing disappears.
      It can get quite complex.
      From something so simple to understand.
      The dualitys of life never favor one sided ways.
      Have faith.

  • @AnonCaptainAwesome
    @AnonCaptainAwesome 11 років тому

    Hey professor, if you pick any four squares in the magic square that make a square shape you also get 34.
    This becomes evidently clear when you consider the idea of connecting the edges.
    So that 5 + 9 + 12 + 8 become a square and then that equals 34 and perhaps your square is the four corners folded around in space to touch then they also = 34 because 16 + 13 + 4 + 1 also = 34.

  • @Lemau
    @Lemau 12 років тому +2

    @Patrickssj6 @Twornpoobar - Those are two very amusing extra facts that make me love this piece of work. o_o

  • @danjacksonguitar3701
    @danjacksonguitar3701 Рік тому

    The pattern(s) of odds and evens is/are fascinating.

  • @scarlettestanley3391
    @scarlettestanley3391 Рік тому +1

    There are no such things as coincidence...

  • @to2podemosaprender630
    @to2podemosaprender630 5 років тому +1

    I call MAGIC CUBE

  • @Forkboy193
    @Forkboy193 15 років тому

    ooooooh, those! We always got them on our tests in junior high.

  • @KentWoodsMusic
    @KentWoodsMusic Рік тому +1

    Albrecht Durer is the artist in question. His artwork reveals his ties to the Rosicrucians or the Freemasons. This type of ingenius encoding of mathematical proofs is very typical of someone studying the occult and esoteric. 137 is the 33rd prime number.

  • @TheJAD12
    @TheJAD12 12 років тому +2

    The four corners add up to 34 aswell xD

  • @tribiz6762
    @tribiz6762 7 років тому +16

    Parker square

  • @artemisiak677
    @artemisiak677 8 років тому

    Also notice the even and odd number pattern. Across and vertical.

  • @secularsanity7706
    @secularsanity7706 4 роки тому +2

    No need to add the one from the title. Did you notice the hidden six behind the five? Creepy, eh?

  • @NuclearFury8
    @NuclearFury8 11 років тому

    and the 4 corner squares sum to 34 too
    and the center one as well.
    The last 4 don't but I think it's quite nice anyway.

  • @nothanksmate
    @nothanksmate 2 роки тому +4

    The order four normal magic square Albrecht Dürer immortalized in his 1514 engraving , referred to above, is believed to be the first seen in European art. The square associated with Jupiter appears as a talisman used to drive away melancholy. It is very similar to Yang Hui's square, which was created in China about 250 years before Dürer's time. As with every order 4 normal magic square, the magic sum is 34. But in the Durer square this sum is also found in each of the quadrants, in the center four squares, and in the corner squares (of the 4×4 as well as the four contained 3×3 grids). This sum can also be found in the four outer numbers clockwise from the corners (3+8+14+9) and likewise the four counter-clockwise (the locations of four queens in the two solutions of the 4 queens puzzle), the two sets of four symmetrical numbers (2+8+9+15 and 3+5+12+14), the sum of the middle two entries of the two outer columns and rows (5+9+8+12 and 3+2+15+14), and in four kite or cross shaped quartets (3+5+11+15, 2+10+8+14, 3+9+7+15, and 2+6+12+14). The two numbers in the middle of the bottom row give the date of the engraving: 1514. The numbers 1 and 4 at either side of the date correspond respectively to the letters "A" and "D," which are the initials of the artist.

  • @wesmatron
    @wesmatron 13 років тому

    Each group of four adjoining squares (making a square of four squares) also adds up to 34

  • @blackbirdlore
    @blackbirdlore 13 років тому

    While his discovery isn't all that fascinating, the Magic Square certainly is. So many patterns in there...

  • @nicolenichols240
    @nicolenichols240 2 роки тому +1

    There are NO Coincidences! Hence the reason you are and have been fascinated with them! Love and LIGHT Blessings and Namaste 👍🏌️‍♀️🌈🌞🌟💎👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @Nixitur
    @Nixitur 12 років тому

    Not only that, but the upper left, upper right, lower left and lower right 2x2 squares add up to 34, too.
    16+3+5+10=34
    2+13+11+8=34
    9+6+4+15=34
    7+12+14+1=34
    If you take the upper center numbers and the lower center numbers or the right center numbers and the left center numbers, it adds up to 34, as well.
    3+2+15+14=34
    5+9+8+12=34

  • @DrEnginerd1
    @DrEnginerd1 11 років тому

    I had to write a program in java for a computer science course that randomly created a matrix and determined if the it was a magic square or not. Good times, good times

  • @CloveCoast
    @CloveCoast 2 роки тому

    It’s probably no coincidence, considering the polymath class in those times

  • @KingCheesyPants
    @KingCheesyPants 12 років тому

    Also any four squares in that kind of shape add up to 34. i.e. 13, 2, 11, and 8 (In the top right)

  • @islandbuoy4
    @islandbuoy4 12 років тому

    @tehremnantz
    5x5 sator magic square is an algorithm that matches up with Ed Witten Twistor String Theory?
    Do you have any IDEA what an algorithm is?

  • @SuperGuitarTabs
    @SuperGuitarTabs 10 років тому

    Also the numbers 5,9, 8 and 12 are 34 and 3, 2, 15 and 14 are 34. As wel the corners are 34 and the 4 middle numbers.

  • @dimitarnikolovski5335
    @dimitarnikolovski5335 8 років тому

    if you change the positions of: 1 and 16, 4 and 13, 6/11,7/10. You will get a square of all numbers from 1 to16

  • @Arghira
    @Arghira 12 років тому

    In the right down corer you can find 1514 (or something similar)....

  • @fretlord4201
    @fretlord4201 10 років тому

    There are a few of these. You guys should to the square of Mercury. :)

  • @HotWater92
    @HotWater92 11 років тому

    me too i always have doubted it...

  • @azarelthecreator7098
    @azarelthecreator7098 Рік тому +1

    The 4x4 square is associated with jupiter

  • @MathPhysChemSkyNerd
    @MathPhysChemSkyNerd 12 років тому

    @Iralaeh I don't even remember o.O I'll have to find it.

  • @BonikaShears
    @BonikaShears 8 місяців тому

    I once won a science fair in 8th grade with a 3 dimensional magic square. They are fascinating.

  • @richarddavis3906
    @richarddavis3906 Рік тому +1

    It's not pure coincidence. 137 is also the "33rd" prime number. You see 33 everywhere in ancient text, especially the Bible, Masons etc. Our ancient ancestors were just as intelligent as we are today.

  • @MrOttmandus
    @MrOttmandus 10 років тому +6

    Maybe he did know, this picture supposedly had hidden alchemical references-back when science was secret and encoded in art

    • @11Kralle
      @11Kralle 6 років тому

      Science wasn't secret back than - one could even study "white magic" until the early 17th century.
      (I know: that sounded far-fetched, but I stumbled upon that very matter in context with Giovanni Baptista Portas 'magia naturalis' , Antverp 1560)

  • @tommygamba170
    @tommygamba170 Рік тому

    This is a anglicized version of what the Greeks used to call in the Romans used to call the square of life

  • @spencerspoke
    @spencerspoke 15 років тому

    wierd the only squares in the picture that dont add to 34 are the top middle and the bottom middle (3,2,10,11) (6,7,15,14)

  • @patrickssj6
    @patrickssj6 15 років тому

    He did not point out the most obvious thing: Quote "The two middle cells of the bottom row give the date of the engraving: 1514."

  • @Twornpoobar
    @Twornpoobar 14 років тому

    if you add the numbers individually eg top line 1+6+3+2+1+3 = 16 then add 1+6 = 7. Second line 5+1+0+1+1+8 = 16 ... 1+6 = 7. Third line 9+6+7+1+2 = 25 .. 2+5 = 7. It seems that all individual numbers equal 7. Even the 34 - 3+4 = 7

  • @christophermyers8157
    @christophermyers8157 4 роки тому

    There is also something written in Arabic that I can't find anyone to translate on Durer's bell above the magic square on the rim of the bell.

  • @dijsugdrtggi3684
    @dijsugdrtggi3684 11 років тому

    So do the center 4, middle 2 on both sides, and middle 2 on top and bottom

  • @GeorgiaAlbert
    @GeorgiaAlbert 3 місяці тому

    137 is the 33rd prime number.

  • @Uminchuu
    @Uminchuu 11 років тому

    If you think this is interesting, you should take a look at Ben Franklin's magic circle! Truly mind blowing! Franklin used to make magic squares (and his famous magic circle) just to relax/have fun.
    By the way, did the professor actually say he checked on Wiki?! Academic sacrilege!!LOL!!!!

  • @SeanBennion
    @SeanBennion 12 років тому

    Wouldn't the original square encompassing the numbers be the +1 Professor Eaves was talking about? His fine structure constant 'coincidence' could mean he's actually on to something.

  • @guapo9545
    @guapo9545 2 роки тому

    Ah, Jupiter. Hello my friend 👋

  • @moatl6945
    @moatl6945 6 років тому

    I think the angle on the right is unhappy with his (very) slow computeur. :)

  • @Dina_tankar_mina_ord
    @Dina_tankar_mina_ord 4 роки тому +1

    I wasn't able to hear what he said that 137 implied. can someone please clarify to a non physicist.

  • @TibiSitibira
    @TibiSitibira 12 років тому

    to start decoding the picture use
    flower of life

  • @topdawg3359
    @topdawg3359 7 місяців тому

    Wonder if The Singularity will find a pattern in PI

  • @TheFuture36520
    @TheFuture36520 2 роки тому

    Sweet

  • @anyroxtar
    @anyroxtar 13 років тому +1

    He says 'by german artist', but doesn't even says his name - Albrecht Durer !!!
    hey, professor Eaves, do some justice to the author! :)

  • @Calmlysmoke420
    @Calmlysmoke420 11 місяців тому

    Magick square. Keep away

  • @PerTrygveMyhrer
    @PerTrygveMyhrer 11 років тому

    Do you have magic cubes

  • @KingCheesyPants
    @KingCheesyPants 12 років тому +1

    damn.

  • @MathtotheScience
    @MathtotheScience 11 років тому

    There are many things that are nothing more than a coincidence. For instance, you can share your birthday with a famous person. Coincidence? Yes.

  • @tehremnantz
    @tehremnantz 12 років тому

    @islandbuoy4 sure it is.
    heres a word you should look at
    ***coincidence***

  • @stevenvh17
    @stevenvh17 11 років тому

    What do you mean? The digital root of 7 is obviously 7, and the digital root of 136 is 1, that of 137 is 2.

  • @ze_rubenator
    @ze_rubenator 14 років тому

    We drew that picture in class.

  • @stevenvh17
    @stevenvh17 11 років тому

    Watch the video on the Fine Structure Constant. That's ABOUT 1/137, but phyicists forget the "about" and get delirious about the number 137, or in this case even about a number close to it.
    It's not something you can't solve with a cold shower.

  • @carlsontechnology
    @carlsontechnology 13 років тому

    the numbering pattern goes as follows:
    1) right to left: 1, 2, 3,4 where the middle of the series is at the top of the square and the ends are on the bottom.
    2) left to right:, 5,6,7,8, where the 6 and 7 are shifted down and the 5 & 8 are on the same row. 9, 10, 11, 12 work the same except 10 and 11 are shifted up and 9 and 12 are on the same row.
    3) right to left: 13, 14, 15, 16 where 13 and 16 are on the top row and 14 and 15 are on the bottom.
    There's a reproducible logic here!!!!

  • @user-uq4re3ii8k
    @user-uq4re3ii8k 5 років тому

    so could you tell men what is the print name ??

  • @bajer111
    @bajer111 12 років тому

    its just like a really complicated suduko then

  • @RCH369
    @RCH369 2 роки тому

    What are the symbols on the angels face?

  • @Woad25
    @Woad25 15 років тому

    I really doubt that, the picture in question was created in 1514, that would be a good four hundred years before quantum mechanics. It predates even out understanding of the structure of the atom. So I'm sure it's just purely a happy coincidence.

  • @GodJasperX
    @GodJasperX 13 років тому

    If you cut the magic square in 4 parts (16+3+5+10); (2+13+11+8);
    (9+6+4+15); (7+12+14+1) they all add up to 34 as well.

  • @eboone
    @eboone 6 років тому +3

    Numberphile with printer paper

  • @Nixitur
    @Nixitur 12 років тому

    Not true.
    Check the center squares in the first two lines.
    3+2+10+11=26
    It's different for the center squares in the last two lines, the center squares in the first two columns and the center squares in the last two columns.
    Other than that, it all works very nicely. You can even take the middle squares in the first and last line or you can take the middle squares in the first and last column. Those also add up to 34.

  • @YAHOONEW
    @YAHOONEW 5 місяців тому

    What is the use of this squares ?

  • @bigboam
    @bigboam 11 років тому

    nice handwriting

  • @Nverticle
    @Nverticle 13 років тому

    Looks like you can have some Matrix calculations to go with it.

  • @hartejoseph
    @hartejoseph 14 років тому

    do the other planets saturn is 3×3 jupiter 4×4 5×5 mars 6×6 the sun which adds to 666 total 111 on the suns diagonal,horizontal and vertical.What Im curios about is do the squares have any relation to the planets ratio of diameter or distance from the sun or radius or circumference

  • @tacobell222122
    @tacobell222122 11 років тому

    The difference is that scientists check the sources that are cited on wikipedia :D

  • @adynbarker4691
    @adynbarker4691 6 місяців тому

    137 = 11 some thinks 11 the number of higher understanding of the spiritual existence/ order it is used as a sign to not forget what your purpose here is

  • @MineCraftFish1
    @MineCraftFish1 12 років тому

    and the corners add up to 34!

  • @Sumthing
    @Sumthing 12 років тому

    And the four corners add up to 34

  • @zaboingsChannel
    @zaboingsChannel 11 років тому

    I think he means the digital root of 34, which is 7

  • @Massiah82
    @Massiah82 12 років тому

    @islandbuoy4
    It's amazing what you can do with numbers, you can manipulate, twist, stretch, weave, and do almost anything with them! I have seen your kind of manipulation of numbers to "prove" ideas (ideas that you want to propagate) but please understand that whilst some people will be taken in by this number trickery - others won't.

  • @VivecAlmsivi
    @VivecAlmsivi 15 років тому

    What's this piece of art called?

  • @likegamesnstuff3736
    @likegamesnstuff3736 Рік тому

    The numbers mason, what do they mean?

  • @Doogeedoo12
    @Doogeedoo12 15 років тому

    That's a trippy coincidence, I say. Numerology squares and quanta.... weird.