Odd-cycle two-line trade conjecture for Latin squares

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Let Ln\mathcal{L}_n be the set of Latin squares of even order nn. In each of the row, column, and symbol views, a two-line trade is obtained by swapping two lines on the support of a cycle of the induced permutation; an odd-cycle trade is one whose cycle has odd length. Odd-cycle two-line trade conjecture. Every L∈LnL\in\mathcal{L}_n admits an odd-cycle two-line trade in at least one of the three conjugate views, and such a trade can be found among pairs belonging to a fixed canonical 1-factorization of the lines in that view. The claim is motivated by experiments and would provide systematic sign-flipping trades, but no proof is supplied.

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Gergely Bérczi, “Evolving Local Corrections for Global Constructions in Combinatorics”, arXiv:2603.06692 (2026).

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