Abstract
A Latin square is considered to be a set of n^2 cells with three block systems. An automorphism is a permutation of the cells which preserves each block system. The automorphism group of a Latin square necessarily has at least 4 orbits on unordered pairs of cells if n > 2. It is shown that there are exactly 4 orbits if and only if the square is the composition table of an elementary abelian 2-group or the cyclic group of order 3.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 18-22 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society, Series A |
Volume | 33 |
Publication status | Published - 1982 |