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Puzzle 1278 A 9x9 Magic square composed by 81 emirps such that...

On July 24, 2026, Roberto Carlo Angelone sent the following beautiful nice achievement: a 9x9 Magic square composed by 81 distinct emirps such that the associated square is also Magic!... perhps a record in this subject (who can confirm it?)

162742337 130317587 146344637 175384337 195157187 187664447 155565587 175058447 151864547
178476737 174265877 180149687 136452647 161268377 176764037 185572217 153621257 133528277
161028887 168246227 131676497 136882157 168461357 164371247 160748897 193228517 195455327
135688037 196231547 161897447 194311277 190347887 147372257 152259167 147526877 154464617
161832227 164829317 198533057 197597027 164455457 131313887 130377857 164081597 167078687
174446297 181384037 176651747 181538657 138563027 134599637 167013467 132679367 193222877
133455587 135682397 168162017 164539667 160449557 192028757 197234417 160664687 167882027
195382637 175289657 143338697 152146877 167642537 192458267 148761227 154645037 150434177
177046367 153852467 173345327 141246467 133753727 153526577 182566277 198593327 166168577

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733247261 785713031 736443641 733483571 781751591 744466781 785565551 744850571 745468151
737674871 778562471 786941081 746254631 773862161 730467671 712275581 752126351 772825331
788820161 722642861 794676131 751288631 753164861 742173461 798847061 715822391 723554591
730886531 745132691 744798161 772113491 788743091 752273741 761952251 778625741 716464451
722238161 713928461 750335891 720795791 754554461 788313131 758773031 795180461 786870761
792644471 730483181 747156671 756835181 720365831 736995431 764310761 763976231 778222391
785554331 793286531 710261861 766935461 755944061 757820291 714432791 786466061 720288761
736283591 756982571 796833341 778641251 735246761 762854291 722167841 730546451 771434051
763640771 764258351 723543371 764642141 727357331 775625351 772665281 723395891 775861661
 
The Magic sums of both Magic squres are 1480099113 & 6790990149, respectively.

This is the second time that I write a puzzle on this subject. The first one was in the Puzzle 165. around the year 2002, 24 years ago! In those years, the best & only solution I got was the given by an old puzzler, J. C. Rosa, who got this little pearl: a 3x3 composed by emirps...: Accoding to my search never more this Rosa's record was improved.

18544613    10175573    14646743         31644581   37557101   34764641
10557773    14455643    18353513         37775501   34655441   31535381
14264543    18735713    10366673         34546241   31753781   37666301


Q1. Can you verify the Rosa & Angelone magic squares?
Q2. Can you produce similar solutions, nxn magic squares, for n=4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 sizes ?
Q3. Can you get a better matrix than the Angleone's one, let' say for any n>9?

 





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