Orthogonal latin squares with subsquares
β Scribed by L Zhu
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 275 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0012-365X
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β¦ Synopsis
Denote by LS(v, n) a pair of orthogonal latin squares of side v with orthogonal subsquares of side n. It is proved by using a generalized singular direct product that for every odd integer n ~>304 or every even integer n ~> 304 in some infinite families, an LS(v, n) exists if and only if v>~3n. It is also proved that for every integer n~>304, an LS(v, n) exists if v>3n+6.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
It is shown that for both v and n even, v > n > 0, there exists a pair of orthogonal latin squares of order v with an aligned subsquare of order n if and only if v ~> 3n, v ~ 6, n 4= 2, 6. This is the final case in showing that the above result is true for all v J: 6 and for all n ~ 2, 6. When n = 6
We prove that there exists a pair of orthogonal diagonal Latin squares of order v with missing subsquares of side n (ODLS(v,n)) for all v ~> 3n + 2 and v -n even. Further, there exists a magic square of order v with missing subsquare of side n (MS(v, n)) for all v ~> 3n + 2 and v -n even.