My name is Arie Breedijk and I created this site. I was born in the Netherlands in 1966. I am
married and have two daughters (born in 2001 and 2004). I work for the Dutch Department
of Education (initially as an auditor and now as a budget administrator). I have no mathematical
background.
My first experience with magic squares came when watching Dutch television in 1985 or there-
abouts. A man asked the audience to give him a number (I believe between 1000 and 9999)and
he used the number as magic sum and produced a (impure) 4x4 magic square. I discovered a
key to produce a 4x4 magic square for each random chosen magic sum (see page Each magic
sum).
My second experience with magic squares was a media hype that occured in the Netherlands at
the beginning of 2007 after the publication of ‘the most perfect magic square ever’. I then read
Arno van den Essen book on magic squares and have since tried to discover methods of con-
struction to produce perfect magic squares.
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