Abstract
Let T be a partial latin square and L be a latin square with T ⊆ L . We say that T is a latin trade if there exists a partial latin square T ′ with T ′ ∩ T = ∅ such that ( L ⧹ T ) ∪ T ′ is a latin square. A k-homogeneous latin trade is one which intersects each row, each column and each entry either 0 or k times. In this paper, we construct 3-homogeneous latin trades from hexagonal packings of the plane with circles. We show that 3-homogeneous latin trades of size 3 m exist for each m ⩾ 3 . This paper discusses existence results for latin trades and provides a glueing construction which is subsequently used to construct all latin trades of finite order greater than three.
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