• Title/Summary/Keyword: Choi Seok-Kwon

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A study on solutions of Jisuguimundo using the range of magic sums (합의 범위를 이용한 지수귀문도 해의 탐구)

  • Kwon, Gyunuk;Park, Sang Hu;Song, Yun Min;Choi, Seong Woong;Park, Poo-Sung
    • Journal for History of Mathematics
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.111-125
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    • 2014
  • Jisuguimundo is an inimitable magic hexagon devised by Choi Seok-Jeong, who was the author of GuSuRyak as well as a prime minister in Joseon dynasty. Jisuguimundo, recorded in GuSuRyak, is also known as Hexagonal Tortoise Problem (HTP) because its nine hexagons resemble a tortoise shell. We call the sum of numbers in a hexagon in Jisuguimundo a magic sum, and show that the magic sum of hexagonal tortoise problem of order 2 varies 40 through 62 exactly and that of hexagonal tortoise problem of order 3 varies 77 through 109 exactly. We also find all of the possible solutions for hexagonal tortoise problem of oder 2.