The full Heffter array conjecture

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Let H(m,n)H(m,n) denote a Heffter array with no empty cells, so it has mm rows and nn columns. An integer Heffter array has all row and column sums equal to zero over the integers, while a shiftable array has equally many positive and negative entries in every row and column.

Full Heffter array conjecture. There exist Heffter arrays H(m,n)H(m,n) for all m,n≥3m,n\geq 3. Moreover, they are integer Heffter arrays when mn≡0,3(mod4)mn\equiv 0,3\pmod{4}, and are shiftable when mm and nn are both even and at least 44.

The paper says that the authors believe they have a proof and are preparing details for publication, with computer constructions also available. Thus this special case is presented as conjectural in the source, although the claimed proof was believed by the authors.

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Dan Archdeacon, “Heffter Arrays and Biembedding Graphs on Surfaces”, arXiv:1412.0949 (2014).

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