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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 Zn\mathbb{Z}_n when nn is odd and 2n+12n+1 is prime; it is built using the discrete logarithm modulo 2n+12n+1. In this short note we see that this terrace gives rise to an orthogonal double cover (ODC) for the complete graph KnK_n by Hamiltonian paths. This gives infinitely many new values for which such an ODC is known.

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@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