Embedding a Latin square with transversal into a projective space

DOI10.1016/J.JCTA.2011.01.013zbMATH Open1226.05066OpenAlexW2029282632MaRDI QIDQ533348FDOQ533348

Authors L. M. Pretorius, Konrad J. Swanepoel 

Publication date 3 May 2011

Published in Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1005.3460

zbMATH Keywords

MOLStransversalfinite geometryprojective spaceLatin squaredesarguesian projective plane

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Orthogonal arrays, Latin squares, Room squares (05B15)

Abstract: A Latin square of side n defines in a natural way a finite geometry on 3n points, with three lines of size n and n^2 lines of size 3. A Latin square of side n with a transversal similarly defines a finite geometry on 3n+1 points, with three lines of size n, n^2-n lines of size 3, and n concurrent lines of size 4. A collection of k mutually orthogonal Latin squares defines a geometry on kn points, with k lines of size n and n^2 lines of size k. Extending work of Bruen and Colbourn (J. Combin. Th. Ser. A 92 (2000), 88-94), we characterise embeddings of these finite geometries into projective spaces over skew fields.

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