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A magic rectangle set on Abelian groups

Number Theory 2020-09-18 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

A Γ\Gamma-magic rectangle set MRSΓ(a,b;c)MRS_{\Gamma}(a, b; c) of order abcabc is a collection of cc arrays (a×b)(a\times b) whose entries are elements of group Γ\Gamma, each appearing once, with all row sums in every rectangle equal to a constant ωΓ\omega\in \Gamma and all column sums in every rectangle equal to a constant δΓ\delta \in \Gamma. In this paper we prove that for {a,b}{2α,2k+1}\{a,b\}\neq\{2^{\alpha},2k+1\} where α\alpha and kk are some natural numbers, a Γ\Gamma-magic rectangle set MRSΓ(a,b;c)_{\Gamma}(a, b;c) exists if and only if aa and bb are both even or and Γ|\Gamma| is odd or Γ\Gamma has more than one involution. Moreover we obtain sufficient and necessary conditions for existence a Γ\Gamma-magic rectangle MRSΓ(a,b)_{\Gamma}(a, b)=MRSΓ(a,b;1)_{\Gamma}(a, b;1).

Cite

@article{arxiv.1804.00321,
  title  = {A magic rectangle set on Abelian groups},
  author = {Sylwia Cichacz and Tomasz Hinc},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.00321},
  year   = {2020}
}
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