INCOMPLETE SELF-ORTHOGONAL LATIN SQUARES

We show that for all n > 3k + 1, n # 6, there exists an incomplete self-orthogonal latin square of order n with an empty order k subarray, called an ISOLS(n; k), except perhaps when (n; k) s {(6m + i\2m):i = 2,6}.

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