Compound orthomorphisms of the cyclic group

Douglas S. Stones*, Ian M. Wanless

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Abstract

An orthomorphism κ of Zn is a permutation of Zn such that i ← κ(i)-i is also a permutation. We say κ is canonical if κ(0) = 0 and define zn to be the number of canonical orthomorphisms of Zn. If n = dt and κ(i) = κ(j) (mod d) whenever i = j (mod d) then κ is called d-compound. An orthomorphism of Zn is called compatible if it is d-compound for all divisors d of n. An orthomorphism κ of Zn is called a polynomial orthomorphism if there exists an integer polynomial f such that κ(i) = f (i) (mod n) for all i. We develop the theory of compound, compatible and polynomial orthomorphisms and the relationships between these classes. We show that there are exactly td-1zdz dt canonical d-compound orthomorphisms of Zn and each can be defined by d orthomorphisms of Zt and one orthomorphism of Zd. It is known that zn = -2 (mod n) for prime n; we show that zn = 0 (mod n) for composite n. We then deduce that Rn+1 = zn (mod n) for all n, where Rn is the number of reduced Latin squares of order n. We find the value of z n (mod 3) for (a) n ≤ 60, (b) n ≠ 1 (mod 3) and (c) when n is a prime of the form 2.3k + 1. Let λn and πn be the number of canonical compatible and canonical polynomial orthomorphisms, respectively. We give a formula for λn and find necessary and sufficient conditions for λn = πn to hold. Finally, we find a new sufficient condition for when a partial orthomorphism can be completed to a d-compound orthomorphism.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)277-289
Number of pages13
JournalFinite Fields and their Applications
Volume16
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2010
Externally publishedYes

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