Meanings
plural Parker squares
- A radially symmetric Latin square.
The use of Parker squares in the construction of sets of mutually orthogonal Latin squares is then examined.
2004, Mathematical Reviews, page 84842 more examples
A main class will contain a certain type of Parker square if and only if each square in the class is isotopic to a Parker square of that type.
2004, Ian M. Wanless, “Diagonally cyclic latin squares”, in European Journal of Combinatorics, volume 25, number 3Thus, Parker squares of different types may lie in the same isomorphism class and, a fortiori, in the same isotopism or main class of latin squares.
2015, A. Donald Keedwell, József Dénes, Latin Squares and their Applications, →ISBN, page 287
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