@article {MATHEDUC.06132026, author = {Trenkler, G\"otz and Trenkler, Dietrich}, title = {The numerical range of the Luoshu is a piece of cake -- almost.}, year = {2012}, journal = {The College Mathematics Journal}, volume = {43}, number = {5}, issn = {0746-8342}, pages = {371-376}, publisher = {Mathematical Association of America, Washington, DC}, doi = {10.4169/college.math.j.43.5.371}, abstract = {Summary: The numerical range, easy to understand but often tedious to compute, provides useful information about a matrix. Here we describe the numerical range of a $3 \times 3$ magic square. Applying our results to one of the most famous of those squares, the Luoshu, it turns out that its numerical range is a piece of cake -- almost.}, msc2010 = {H65xx (G75xx)}, identifier = {2013a.00672}, }