A golf design of order 11 (Q1361655)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1040398
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    A golf design of order 11
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1040398

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      A golf design of order 11 (English)
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      7 June 2000
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      Let \(S\) be a set of \(v\) elements. A golf design of order \(v\) is a set of \(v-2\) latin squares \(L_0,\dots, L_{v-3}\) for which for \(0\leq i\leq v-3\): (1) \(L_i\) is a \(v\times v\) latin square with symbol set \(S\), and rows and columns indexed by \(S\). (2) \(L_i(x,y)=L_i(y,x)\) for \(x,y\in S\). (3) \(L_i(x,x)=x\) for \(x\in S\). (4) \(L_i (x,y) \neq L_j(x,y)\) for \(i<j\leq v-3\) and \(x,y\in S\) with \(x\neq y\). The authors construct a golf design of order 11, and as a consequence, a golf design of order \(v\) exists whenever \(v\) is odd, except when \(v=5\) and possibly when \(v=41\).
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      golf design
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      latin square
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