A concentric magic square is nice. A concentric magic square with diamond is even better; see i.e. the 15x15 Al Antaakii concentric magic square with diamond. In the diamond are alle odd numbers (and outside the diamond are the even numbers).
How to construct a concentric magic square with diamond? Puzzle in EXCEL and see the result below:
9x9 concentric with diamond
64 |
8 |
6 |
62 |
69 |
48 |
14 |
70 |
28 |
10 |
36 |
2 |
67 |
1 |
73 |
58 |
50 |
72 |
66 |
42 |
59 |
51 |
21 |
19 |
55 |
40 |
16 |
4 |
75 |
29 |
35 |
49 |
39 |
53 |
7 |
78 |
71 |
3 |
25 |
45 |
41 |
37 |
57 |
79 |
11 |
44 |
77 |
65 |
43 |
33 |
47 |
17 |
5 |
38 |
26 |
22 |
27 |
31 |
61 |
63 |
23 |
60 |
56 |
30 |
32 |
80 |
15 |
81 |
9 |
24 |
46 |
52 |
54 |
74 |
76 |
20 |
13 |
34 |
68 |
12 |
18 |
Puzzle yourself using the EXCEL download below.