On the Existence of de Bruijn Tori with Two by Two Windows

Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of de Bruijn Tori (or Perfect Maps) with two by two windows over any alphabet are given. This is the first two-dimensional window size for which the existence question has been completely answered for every alphabet. The techniques used to construct these arrays utilise existing results on Perfect Factors and Perfect Multi-Factors in one and two dimensions and involve new results on Perfect Factors with `puncturing capabilities?. Finally, the existence question for two-dimensional Perfect Factors is considered and is settled for two by two windows and alphabets of prime-power size.

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