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 |
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