A Discrete Logarithm Construction for Orthogonal Double Covers of the Complete Graph by Hamiltonian Paths
Combinatorics
2026-01-01 v1
Abstract
During their investigation of power-sequence terraces, Anderson and Preece briefly mention a construction of a terrace for the cyclic group when is odd and is prime; it is built using the discrete logarithm modulo . In this short note we see that this terrace gives rise to an orthogonal double cover (ODC) for the complete graph by Hamiltonian paths. This gives infinitely many new values for which such an ODC is known.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2512.23802,
title = {A Discrete Logarithm Construction for Orthogonal Double Covers of the Complete Graph by Hamiltonian Paths},
author = {M. A. Ollis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.23802},
year = {2026}
}
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7 pages, 1 figure