Introduction The question of whether it is possible to create a 3x3 magic square of squares is an unsolved problem in mathematics. There have been many attempts at finding a solution, resulting in many “near misses” - solutions that meet some of the requirements but not all of them. There is an excellent summary of research and attempts at solutions at http://www.multimagie.com/English/SquaresOfSquaresSearch.htm . Here, I will present a purely algebraic approach to a 3x3 magi

The Challenge I was playing with my son’s Rubik’s Cubes and tried to scramble a cube randomly so that no two squares with the same color...