OFFSET
1,7
COMMENTS
A self-orthogonal diagonal Latin square (SODLS) is a diagonal Latin square orthogonal to its transpose. An extended self-orthogonal diagonal Latin square (ESODLS) is a diagonal Latin square that has an orthogonal diagonal Latin square from the same main class. SODLS is a special case of ESODLS.
LINKS
Eduard I. Vatutin, About the properties of ESODLS of orders 1-10 (in Russian).
Eduard I. Vatutin, Graphical representation of the spectra.
EXAMPLE
For n=8 the number of transversals that an extended self-orthogonal diagonal Latin square of order 8 may have is 128, 192, 224, 256, or 384. Since there are 3 distinct values, a(8)=5.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,more,hard
AUTHOR
Eduard I. Vatutin, Aug 21 2025
STATUS
approved
