Okay, shot in the dark here, but this is probably the right crowd.
When I was a teenager, I had a book about Magic Squares. I don't remember much about it... but it had some weird genetic algorithm for "breeding" new generations of magic squares from other squares, illustrated with these crazy almost occult-looking diagrams. The math was solid, it was all just highly eccentric, including giving all the generations women's names.
That's all I remember.
Anyone seen anything like this?
@mmsword Oh my god, I found it: https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B002ANK2JE/gemotrack8-20 Thank you for encouraging me to keep up the search! <3
