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Prove that a symmetric, idempotent Latin square has odd order.
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First, let's recall the definitions: - A Latin square is an n x n array filled with n different symbols, each occurring exactly once in each row and once in each column. - A symmetric Latin square is a Latin square where the entry in the i-th row and j-th Show more…
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