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Autoparatopisms of Quasigroups and Latin Squares

Combinatorics 2026-03-26 v1

Abstract

Paratopism is a well known action of the wreath product SnS3\mathcal{S}_n\wr\mathcal{S}_3 on Latin squares of order nn. A paratopism that maps a Latin square to itself is an autoparatopism of that Latin square. Let Par(n)\mathrm{Par}(n) denote the set of paratopisms that are an autoparatopism of at least one Latin square of order nn. We prove a number of general properties of autoparatopisms. Applying these results, we determine Par(n)\mathrm{Par}(n) for n17n\le17. We also study the proportion of all paratopisms that are in Par(n)\mathrm{Par}(n) as nn\rightarrow\infty.

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@article{arxiv.2603.23866,
  title  = {Autoparatopisms of Quasigroups and Latin Squares},
  author = {Mahamendige Jayama Lalani Mendis and Ian M. Wanless},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.23866},
  year   = {2026}
}