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Proper Latin sub-squares of generalized Latin squares

Say we have a generalization of a Latin square, where the square is of size $n \times n$, $n = ab$ and each row and each column has $b$ occurrences of each of $[1, \dots, a]$. Is there always ...
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A bound on the number of partial transversals of a latin square

A Latin Square (LS) of order $n$ is an $n$ on $n$ matrix, each entry contains one of the symbols $1,2,\ldots,n$, and every row and every column contains each symbol exactly once. A (complete) ...
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A graph $G$ with two $K_6$ subgraphs, in which any one-factor of $G$ induces a one-factor in exactly one of the $K_6$ subgraphs?

I'm seeking a simple graph $G$ of the following type: It contains two disjoint copies of $K_6$ (the complete graph on 6 nodes), $H$ and $H'$ say. Any one-factor of $G$ must contain either (a) a one ...
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Evans conjecture for symmetric latin squares

The Evans conjecture ( which was proved later by Smetaniuk) states that for any $n$, if at most $n-1$ entries of a partial $n\times n$ latin square are filled, it can be completed to the full latin ...
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The edge precoloring extension problem for complete graphs

Consider coloring the edges of a complete graph on even order. This can be seen as the completion of an order $n$ symmetric Latin square except the leading diagonal. My question pertains to whether we ...
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graph built from orthogonal Latin Squares

I've asked the following question on MathExchange site, with a bounty, with no answer or comments. Maybe I would have additional comments here. The problem came to be while reading some articles on ...
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Dinitz Conjecture extension to rectangles

The Dinitz Conjecture, which was proved later in a more general form by Galvin, stated that given an $n\times n$ array, its elements could be filled exactly like a latin square, where the elements in ...
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What is the number of k-regular subgraphs of $K_{12,12}$?

I'm thinking about making an attempt at counting the number of Latin squares of order 12. Currently I'm in (what I call) the "sanity check" stage, where we check that the ranges that need searching ...
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Diagonally-cyclic Steiner Latin squares

A Steiner triple system is a decomposition of $K_n$ into $K_3$, such as $S=\{013,026,045,124,156,235,346\}$. Steiner triple systems give rise to a Steiner Latin squares, such as $L$ below. \[L=\left(...
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Finding a chromatic polynomial by polynomial fitting

I would like to find the chromatic polynomial χ for the n by m rook's graph Gn,m for as many values of n and m possible. The rooks graph is also (a) the line graph of the complete bipartite graph ...