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I'm a bit concerned about calling them "invented" by Lee Sallows; he describes having come across the 45;21 English magic square in a book published in 1887 about a story told to have occured in the 6th century.

They were definitely not invented by Lee Sallows, I came across the minimal 3 x 3 one in 1961, for example. He did name them, though, so I've changed the article to that effect.2A00:23C6:AA0D:F501:8851:C09B:D143:E5AA (talk) 15:51, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Russian Alphamagic squares

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I have a textbook dated to the 1980s that (as a curiosity) brings up Russian alphamagic squares.... it's not a publicly accessible source, so can't be cited as I understand, but we shouldn't have an uncited "the first one was created in this year" floating in the article. 209.104.4.170 (talk) 22:20, 13 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]