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Row-Hamiltonian Latin squares and Falconer varieties

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Abstract

A Latin square is a matrix of symbols such that each symbol occurs exactly once in each row and column. A Latin square (Formula presented.) is row-Hamiltonian if the permutation induced by each pair of distinct rows of (Formula presented.) is a full cycle permutation. Row-Hamiltonian Latin squares are equivalent to perfect 1-factorisations of complete bipartite graphs. For the first time, we exhibit a family of Latin squares that are row-Hamiltonian and also achieve precisely one of the related properties of being column-Hamiltonian or symbol-Hamiltonian. This family allows us to construct non-trivial, anti-associative, isotopically (Formula presented.) -closed loop varieties, solving an open problem posed by Falconer in 1970.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere12575
Number of pages28
JournalProceedings of the London Mathematical Society
Volume128
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2024

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