Basically the titles says it all. I wrote a small Python program to search for 3×3 magic squares with square number entries (using the property of magic squares that Edouard Lucas has discovered --> Every entry is a combination of three numbers a, b and c) And now I'm wondering if it's even worth running the program for several hours every day or if people have already checked to very big numbers Unfortunately I couldn't find anything online
2026-03-25 23:52:27.1774482747
How far have people checked if there is a 3×3 magic square of squares?
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Progress on magic squares of squares is currently tracked on C. Boyer's site. Open sizes: 3×3 (magic square of any set of squares) and 5×5 (bimagic squares using distinct integers).
There is a list of current records for searches. It seems that searches up to around $10^{14}$ have already occurred.