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Magic rectangles, signed magic arrays and integer $\lambda$-fold relative Heffter arrays

Combinatorics 2020-10-26 v1

Abstract

Let m,n,s,km,n,s,k be integers such that 4sn4\leq s\leq n, 4km4\leq k \leq m and ms=nkms=nk. Let λ\lambda be a divisor of 2ms2ms and let tt be a divisor of 2msλ\frac{2ms}{\lambda}. In this paper we construct magic rectangles MR(m,n;s,k)MR(m,n;s,k), signed magic arrays SMA(m,n;s,k)SMA(m,n;s,k) and integer λ\lambda-fold relative Heffter arrays λHt(m,n;s,k){}^\lambda H_t(m,n;s,k) where s,ks,k are even integers. In particular, we prove that there exists an SMA(m,n;s,k)SMA(m,n;s,k) for all m,n,s,km,n,s,k satisfying the previous hypotheses. Furthermore, we prove that there exist an MR(m,n;s,k)MR(m,n;s,k) and an integer λHt(m,n;s,k){}^\lambda H_t(m,n;s,k) in each of the following cases: (i)(i) s,k0(mod4)s,k \equiv 0 \pmod 4; (ii)(ii) s2(mod4)s\equiv 2\pmod 4 and k0(mod4)k\equiv 0 \pmod 4; (iii)(iii) s0(mod4)s\equiv 0\pmod 4 and k2(mod4)k\equiv 2 \pmod 4; (iv)(iv) s,k2(mod4)s,k\equiv 2 \pmod 4 and m,nm,n both even.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2010.12333,
  title  = {Magic rectangles, signed magic arrays and integer $\lambda$-fold relative Heffter arrays},
  author = {Fiorenza Morini and Marco Antonio Pellegrini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.12333},
  year   = {2020}
}
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