Magic Square Parallels abound between two such squares of numbers. Five by five and eight by eight share many sums in a number of ways.
As it is with the smaller number five in the Fibonacci series when placed in its magic square; so it is with the larger Fibonacci (8) when placed in its magic square Notice some of these parallels found in this multi-dimensional interaction of numbers.
Any opposite two numbers on the five by five have a sum of 26. Any row of numbers on the eight by eight have a sum of 260. Zero was not counted as a real number in antiquity. Rather, it resulted from the interaction of two opposite numbers on the prime magic square. In terms of real numbers, they both held the 26.
Opposite two numbers on the eight by eight magic square total sixty-five. In comparison on the 5 x 5 magic square, any row of five numbers totals sixty five. Again we have congruency.
One quarter of the 2080 total of the 8 x 8 magic square is five hundred and twenty. The above illustration quartered magic square to make it easy to find five hundred and twenty. On the magic square of Mars, the four corners total fifty-two. Again, the number real numbers. In short, just as 5 and 8 share share special properties thru the Fibonacci series, they share special properties through their magic squares.
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