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Further constructions of square integer relative Heffter arrays

Combinatorics 2025-11-12 v2

Abstract

A square integer relative Heffter array is an n×nn \times n array whose rows and columns sum to zero, each row and each column has exactly kk entries and either xx or x-x appears in the array for every xZ2nk+tJx \in \mathbb{Z}_{2nk+t}\setminus J, where JJ is a subgroup of size tt. There are many open problems regarding the existence of these arrays. In this paper we construct two new infinite families of these arrays with the additional property that they are strippable. These constructions complete the existence theory for square integer relative Heffter arrays in the case where k=3k=3 and nn is prime.

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@article{arxiv.2509.09907,
  title  = {Further constructions of square integer relative Heffter arrays},
  author = {Diane Donovan and Sarah Lawson and James Lefevre},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.09907},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

12 pages, 2 figures V2: Correction to reference 5. Date changed from 2019 to 2020

R2 v1 2026-07-01T05:32:52.744Z