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The existence of square integer Heffter arrays
Author(s) -
Jeffrey H. Dinitz,
Ian M. Wanless
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
ars mathematica contemporanea
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.673
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1855-3974
pISSN - 1855-3966
DOI - 10.26493/1855-3974.1121.fbf
Subject(s) - mathematics , combinatorics , integer (computer science) , square (algebra) , bounded function , embedding , square matrix , graph , discrete mathematics , geometry , symmetric matrix , computer science , eigenvalues and eigenvectors , mathematical analysis , artificial intelligence , programming language , physics , quantum mechanics
An integer Heffter array H(m,n; s, t) is an m×n partially filled matrix with entries from the set {±1,±2, . . . ,±ms} such that i) each row contains s filled cells and each column contains t filled cells, ii) every row and column sums to 0 (in Z), and iii) no two entries agree in absolute value. Heffter arrays are useful for embedding the complete graph K2ms+1 on an orientable surface in such a way that each edge lies between a face bounded by an s-cycle and a face bounded by a t-cycle. In 2015, Archdeacon, Dinitz, Donovan and Yazıcı constructed square (i.e. m = n) integer Heffter arrays for many congruence classes. In this paper we construct square integer Heffter arrays for all the cases not found in that paper, completely solving the existence problem for square integer Heffter arrays.

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