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Broken space diagonal

In a magic cube, a broken space diagonal is a sequence of cells of the cube that follows a line parallel to a space diagonal of the cube, and continues on the corresponding point of an opposite face whenever it reaches a face of the cube. The corresponding concept in two-dimensional magic squares is a broken diagonal.

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In a magic cube, a broken space diagonal is a sequence of cells of the cube that follows a line parallel to a space diagonal of the cube, and continues on the corresponding point of an opposite face whenever it reaches a face of the cube.12 The corresponding concept in two-dimensional magic squares is a broken diagonal.

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  1. Narins, Brigham (2001), World of mathematics, Volume 2, Gale Group, p. 391, ISBN 9780787650650.
  2. Pickover, Clifford A. (2003), The Zen of Magic Squares, Circles, and Stars: An Exhibition of Surprising Structures across Dimensions, Princeton University Press, p. 178, ISBN 1400841518.