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Enumeration of MOLS of small order

Combinatorics 2015-12-23 v2

Abstract

We report the results of a computer investigation of sets of mutually orthogonal latin squares (MOLS) of small order. For n9n\le9 we 1. Determine the number of orthogonal mates for each species of latin square of order nn. 2. Calculate the proportion of latin squares of order nn that have an orthogonal mate, and the expected number of mates when a square is chosen uniformly at random. 3. Classify all sets of MOLS of order nn up to various different notions of equivalence. We also provide a triple of latin squares of order 10 that is the closest to being a set of MOLS so far found.

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@article{arxiv.1406.3681,
  title  = {Enumeration of MOLS of small order},
  author = {Judith Egan and Ian M. Wanless},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.3681},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

v2 corrects some typos, including a couple of errors in tables