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Partition of Abelian groups into zero-sum sets by complete mappings and its application to the existence of a magic rectangle set

Combinatorics 2025-03-04 v1

Abstract

A complete mapping of a group Γ\Gamma is a bijection φ ⁣:ΓΓ\varphi\colon \Gamma\to \Gamma for which the mapping xx+φ(x)x \mapsto x+\varphi(x) is a bijection. In this paper we consider the existence of a complete mapping φ\varphi of Γ\Gamma and a partition S1,S2,StS_1,S_2,\ldots S_t of elements of Γ\Gamma, such that sSis=sSiφ(s)=0\sum_{s\in S_i}s=\sum_{s\in S_i}\varphi(s)=0 for every ii, 1it1 \leq i \leq t. 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 of order abcabc, 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. While a complete characterization of MRSΓ(a,b;c)_\Gamma(a,b;c) exists for cases where {a,b}{2k+1,2α}\{a,b\}\not=\{2k+1,2^{\alpha}\}, the scenario where {a,b}={2k+1,2α}\{a,b\}=\{2k+1,2^{\alpha}\} remains unsolved for α>1\alpha>1. Using the partition of Γ\Gamma into zero-sum sets by complete mappings, we give some sufficient conditions that a Γ\Gamma-magic rectangle set MRSΓ(2k+1,2α;c)_{\Gamma}(2k+1, 2^{\alpha};c) exists.

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@article{arxiv.2408.07411,
  title  = {Partition of Abelian groups into zero-sum sets by complete mappings and its application to the existence of a magic rectangle set},
  author = {Sylwia Cichacz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.07411},
  year   = {2025}
}

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arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1804.00321