Journal of Geometry

, 109:5 | Cite as

The number of different reduced complete sets of MOLS corresponding to PG \(\varvec{(2,q)}\)

  • K. H. Hicks
  • G. L. Mullen
  • L. Storme
  • J. Vanpoucke
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Abstract

In the first part of this article we determine the exact number of different reduced complete sets of mutually orthogonal latin squares (MOLS) of order q, for \(q = p^d\), p prime, \(d \ge 1\), corresponding to the Desarguesian projective planes PG(2, q). In the second part we provide some computational results and enumerate the maximal sets of reduced latin squares of order n as part of a set containing exactly r MOLS.

Keywords

Computations Desarguesian projective planes latin squares mutually orthogonal latin squares 

Mathematics Subject Classification

05B15 05B25 51E15 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of PhysicsOhio UniversityAthensUSA
  2. 2.Department of MathematicsThe Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity ParkUSA
  3. 3.Department of MathematicsGhent UniversityGhentBelgium
  4. 4.Department of Mathematics, Faculty of EngineeringVrije Universiteit BrusselBrusselsBelgium

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