""" Dürer's Melancholia I Magic Square — Verification Script From issue #31. Albrecht Dürer's 4×4 magic square (1514), as documented in §166. The bottom row reads 4, 15, 14, 1 — but the year 1514 appears as [15, 14] in positions [0,1] and [0,2] of the bottom row (columns 2 and 3, value 15 and 14). Magic constant: 34. PHI = FOUR = 34. Reference: INDEX.md §166, figures/durer-square.md """ import numpy as np magic_square = np.array([[16,3,2,13],[5,10,11,8],[9,6,7,12],[4,15,14,1]]) def check(): target = 34 print("Row sums: ", magic_square.sum(axis=1)) print("Column sums: ", magic_square.sum(axis=0)) print("Main diagonal: ", np.trace(magic_square)) print("Anti-diagonal: ", np.trace(np.fliplr(magic_square))) # 2x2 sub-square sums sums = [] for i in range(3): for j in range(3): sums.append(magic_square[i:i+2, j:j+2].sum()) print("2x2 sub-square sums:", sums) print("Unique 2x2 sums:", len(set(sums))) print("All equal target 34:", all(s == target for s in [ *magic_square.sum(axis=1), *magic_square.sum(axis=0), np.trace(magic_square), np.trace(np.fliplr(magic_square)) ])) if __name__ == "__main__": check()