Parity conjecture for transversal types in even-order Latin squares

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Let LL be a Latin square of even order nn. Let ww, xx, yy, and zz be the numbers of transversals in LL of types T000T^{000}, T011T^{011}, T101T^{101}, and T110T^{110}, respectively. Let En(L)E_n(L) denote the number of diagonals of LL containing exactly nn distinct symbols, and let En±(L)E_n^{\pm}(L) denote the corresponding signed quantity used in the paper. Parity conjecture for transversal types.

En(L)En±(L)(mod4)E_n(L)\equiv E_n^{\pm}(L)\pmod 4

and

wxyz(mod2).w\equiv x\equiv y\equiv z\pmod 2.

The statement is proposed on the basis of computational evidence as a generalisation of earlier results, and its general validity remains open.

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Darcy Best and Ian M. Wanless, “Parity of transversals of Latin squares”, arXiv:1912.11230 (2019).

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