Latin Squares in reduced form
A Latin Square is in its reduced form if the first row and first column contain items in their natural order. The order n is the number of items. For any given n there is a set of reduced Latin Squares whose size increases rapidly with n. g is a number which identifies a unique element within the set of reduced Latin Squares of order n. The objective of this task is to construct the set of all Latin Squares of a given order and to provide a means which given suitable values for g any element within the set may be obtained.
For a reduced Latin Square the first row is always 1 to n. The second row is all Permutations/Derangements of 1 to n starting with 2. The third row is all Permutations/Derangements of 1 to n starting with 3 which do not clash (do not have the same item in any column) with row 2. The fourth row is all Permutations/Derangements of 1 to n starting with 4 which do not clash with rows 2 or 3. Likewise continuing to the nth row.
Demonstrate by:
- displaying the four reduced Latin Squares of order 4.
- for n = 1 to 6 (or more) produce the set of reduced Latin Squares; produce a table which shows the size of the set of reduced Latin Squares and compares this value times n! times (n-1)! with the values in OEIS A002860.
F#
The Function
This task uses Permutations/Derangements#F.23 <lang fsharp> // Generate Latin Squares in reduced form. Nigel Galloway: July 10th., 2019 let normLS α=
let N=derange α|>List.ofSeq|>List.groupBy(fun n->n.[0])|>List.sortBy(fun(n,_)->n)|>List.map(fun(_,n)->n)|>Array.ofList
let rec fG n g=match n with h::t->fG t (g|>List.filter(fun g->Array.forall2((<>)) h g )) |_->g
let rec normLS n g=seq{for i in fG n N.[g] do if g=α-2 then yield [|1..α|]::(List.rev (i::n)) else yield! normLS (i::n) (g+1)}
match α with 1->seq[[[|1|]]] |2-> seq[[[|1;2|];[|2;1|]]] |_->Seq.collect(fun n->normLS [n] 1) N.[0]
</lang>
The Task
<lang fsharp> normLS 4 |> Seq.iter(fun n->List.iter(printfn "%A") n;printfn "");; </lang>
- Output:
[|1; 2; 3; 4|] [|2; 3; 4; 1|] [|3; 4; 1; 2|] [|4; 1; 2; 3|] [|1; 2; 3; 4|] [|2; 1; 4; 3|] [|3; 4; 2; 1|] [|4; 3; 1; 2|] [|1; 2; 3; 4|] [|2; 1; 4; 3|] [|3; 4; 1; 2|] [|4; 3; 2; 1|] [|1; 2; 3; 4|] [|2; 4; 1; 3|] [|3; 1; 4; 2|] [|4; 3; 2; 1|]
<lang fsharp> let rec fact n g=if n<2 then g else fact (n-1) n*g [1..6] |> List.iter(fun n->let nLS=normLS n|>Seq.length in printfn "order=%d number of Reduced Latin Squares nLS=%d nLS*n!*(n-1)!=%d" n nLS (nLS*(fact n 1)*(fact (n-1) 1))) </lang>
- Output:
order=1 number of Reduced Latin Squares nLS=1 nLS*n!*(n-1)!=1 order=2 number of Reduced Latin Squares nLS=1 nLS*n!*(n-1)!=2 order=3 number of Reduced Latin Squares nLS=1 nLS*n!*(n-1)!=12 order=4 number of Reduced Latin Squares nLS=4 nLS*n!*(n-1)!=576 order=5 number of Reduced Latin Squares nLS=56 nLS*n!*(n-1)!=161280 order=6 number of Reduced Latin Squares nLS=9408 nLS*n!*(n-1)!=812851200
Go
This reuses the dList function from the Permutations/Derangements#Go task, suitably adjusted for the present one. <lang go>package main
import (
"fmt" "sort"
)
type matrix [][]int
// generate derangements of first n numbers, with 'start' in first place. func dList(n, start int) (r matrix) {
start-- // use 0 basing
a := make([]int, n)
for i := range a {
a[i] = i
}
a[0], a[start] = start, a[0]
sort.Ints(a[1:])
first := a[1]
// recursive closure permutes a[1:]
var recurse func(last int)
recurse = func(last int) {
if last == first {
// bottom of recursion. you get here once for each permutation.
// test if permutation is deranged.
for j, v := range a[1:] { // j starts from 0, not 1
if j+1 == v {
return // no, ignore it
}
}
// yes, save a copy
b := make([]int, n)
copy(b, a)
for i := range b {
b[i]++ // change back to 1 basing
}
r = append(r, b)
return
}
for i := last; i >= 1; i-- {
a[i], a[last] = a[last], a[i]
recurse(last - 1)
a[i], a[last] = a[last], a[i]
}
}
recurse(n - 1)
return
}
func reducedLatinSquare(n int, echo bool) uint64 {
if n <= 0 {
if echo {
fmt.Println("[]\n")
}
return 0
} else if n == 1 {
if echo {
fmt.Println("[1]\n")
}
return 1
}
rlatin := make(matrix, n)
for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
rlatin[i] = make([]int, n)
}
// first row
for j := 0; j < n; j++ {
rlatin[0][j] = j + 1
}
count := uint64(0)
// recursive closure to compute reduced latin squares and count or print them
var recurse func(i int)
recurse = func(i int) {
rows := dList(n, i) // get derangements of first n numbers, with 'i' first.
outer:
for r := 0; r < len(rows); r++ {
copy(rlatin[i-1], rows[r])
for k := 0; k < i-1; k++ {
for j := 1; j < n; j++ {
if rlatin[k][j] == rlatin[i-1][j] {
if r < len(rows)-1 {
continue outer
} else if i > 2 {
return
}
}
}
}
if i < n {
recurse(i + 1)
} else {
count++
if echo {
printSquare(rlatin, n)
}
}
}
return
}
// remaining rows recurse(2) return count
}
func printSquare(latin matrix, n int) {
for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
fmt.Println(latin[i])
}
fmt.Println()
}
func factorial(n uint64) uint64 {
if n == 0 {
return 1
}
prod := uint64(1)
for i := uint64(2); i <= n; i++ {
prod *= i
}
return prod
}
func main() {
fmt.Println("The four reduced latin squares of order 4 are:\n")
reducedLatinSquare(4, true)
fmt.Println("The size of the set of reduced latin squares for the following orders")
fmt.Println("and hence the total number of latin squares of these orders are:\n")
for n := uint64(1); n <= 6; n++ {
size := reducedLatinSquare(int(n), false)
f := factorial(n - 1)
f *= f * n * size
fmt.Printf("Order %d: Size %-4d x %d! x %d! => Total %d\n", n, size, n, n-1, f)
}
}</lang>
- Output:
The four reduced latin squares of order 4 are: [1 2 3 4] [2 1 4 3] [3 4 1 2] [4 3 2 1] [1 2 3 4] [2 1 4 3] [3 4 2 1] [4 3 1 2] [1 2 3 4] [2 4 1 3] [3 1 4 2] [4 3 2 1] [1 2 3 4] [2 3 4 1] [3 4 1 2] [4 1 2 3] The size of the set of reduced latin squares for the following orders and hence the total number of latin squares of these orders are: Order 1: Size 1 x 1! x 0! => Total 1 Order 2: Size 1 x 2! x 1! => Total 2 Order 3: Size 1 x 3! x 2! => Total 12 Order 4: Size 4 x 4! x 3! => Total 576 Order 5: Size 56 x 5! x 4! => Total 161280 Order 6: Size 9408 x 6! x 5! => Total 812851200
Phix
A Simple backtracking search.
aside: in phix here is no difference between res[r][c] and res[r,c]. I mixed them here, using whichever felt the more natural to me.
<lang Phix>string aleph = "123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
function rfls(integer n, bool count_only=true)
if n>length(aleph) then ?9/0 end if -- too big... if n=1 then return iff(count_only?1:Template:1) end if atom t1 = time()+1 sequence tn = tagset(n), -- {1..n} vcs = repeat(tn,n), -- valid for cols vrs = repeat(tn,n), -- valid for rows res = repeat(tn,n) -- (main workspace/one element of result) object result = iff(count_only?0:{}) vcs[1] = {} -- (not strictly necessary) vrs[1] = {} -- """ for i=2 to n do res[i] = i & repeat(0,n-1) vrs[i][i] = 0 vcs[i][i] = 0 end for integer r = 2, c = 2 while true do -- place with backtrack: -- if we successfully place [n,n] add to results and backtrack -- terminate when we fail to place or backtrack from [2,2] integer rrc = res[r,c] if rrc!=0 then -- backtrack (/undo) if vrs[r][rrc]!=0 then ?9/0 end if -- sanity check if vcs[c][rrc]!=0 then ?9/0 end if -- "" res[r,c] = 0 vrs[r][rrc] = rrc vcs[c][rrc] = rrc end if bool found = false for i=rrc+1 to n do if vrs[r][i] and vcs[c][i] then res[r,c] = i vrs[r][i] = 0 vcs[c][i] = 0 found = true exit end if end for if found then if r=n and c=n then if count_only then result += 1 else result = append(result,res) end if -- (here, backtracking == not advancing) elsif c=n then c = 2 r += 1 else c += 1 end if else -- backtrack if r=2 and c=2 then exit end if c -= 1 if c=1 then r -= 1 c = n end if end if end while return result
end function
procedure reduced_form_latin_squares(integer n)
sequence res = rfls(n,false)
for k=1 to length(res) do
for i=1 to n do
string line = ""
for j=1 to n do
line &= aleph[res[k][i][j]]
end for
res[k][i] = line
end for
res[k] = join(res[k],"\n")
end for
string r = join(res,"\n\n")
printf(1,"There are %d reduced form latin squares of order %d:\n%s\n",{length(res),n,r})
end procedure
reduced_form_latin_squares(4) puts(1,"\n") for n=1 to 6 do
integer size = rfls(n),
f = factorial(n)*factorial(n-1)*size
printf(1,"Order %d: Size %-4d x %d! x %d! => Total %d\n", {n, size, n, n-1, f})
end for</lang>
- Output:
There are 4 reduced form latin squares of order 4: 1234 2143 3412 4321 1234 2143 3421 4312 1234 2341 3412 4123 1234 2413 3142 4321 Order 1: Size 1 x 1! x 0! => Total 1 Order 2: Size 1 x 2! x 1! => Total 2 Order 3: Size 1 x 3! x 2! => Total 12 Order 4: Size 4 x 4! x 3! => Total 576 Order 5: Size 56 x 5! x 4! => Total 161280 Order 6: Size 9408 x 6! x 5! => Total 812851200