Transversals, Orthogonality, and Enumeration in Linear Cyclic Latin Squares

We study the two-parameter class of linear cyclic arrays L(x,y) = ax + by (mod N) and describe its basic combinatorial structure in a unified arithmetic way. We determine the exact maximum size of a pairwise orthogonal subfamily within this class, showing that it is exactly p_min(N) - 1, where p_min(N) is the smallest prime divisor of N. While cyclic and group-based orthogonality phenomena are classical, our contribution is a short arithmetic treatment that also includes explicit criteria for Latinity, a parity-based proof of transversal existence, a classification and exact enumeration of affine transversals, explicit odd-order transversal decompositions, and an exact multiplicative formula for the number of linear orthogonal mates. In particular, within this class the even-order obstruction is absolute on the transversal side: in even order there are no transversals at all. On the orthogonality side, the maximum pairwise orthogonal subfamily size collapses to 1.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-03-13
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19005126
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graph theory and CDMA systems
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Transversals, Orthogonality, and Enumeration in Linear Cyclic Latin Squares

Ender UYGUN
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
graph theory and CDMA systems
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Transversals, Orthogonality, and Enumeration in Linear Cyclic Latin Squares

Ender UYGUN
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Abstract

We study the two-parameter class of linear cyclic arrays L(x,y) = ax + by (mod N) and describe its basic combinatorial structure in a unified arithmetic way. We determine the exact maximum size of a pairwise orthogonal subfamily within this class, showing that it is exactly p_min(N) - 1, where p_min(N) is the smallest prime divisor of N. While cyclic and group-based orthogonality phenomena are classical, our contribution is a short arithmetic treatment that also includes explicit criteria for Latinity, a parity-based proof of transversal existence, a classification and exact enumeration of affine transversals, explicit odd-order transversal decompositions, and an exact multiplicative formula for the number of linear orthogonal mates. In particular, within this class the even-order obstruction is absolute on the transversal side: in even order there are no transversals at all. On the orthogonality side, the maximum pairwise orthogonal subfamily size collapses to 1.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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graph theory and CDMA systems
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