Frobenius Partitions in Extraspecial Groups

Let K be a field and G be the group of the upper unitriangular (n + 2) × ( n + 2) K-matrices with nonzero entries only in the first row and in the last column. Then G has a normal subgroup N with a complement H which are K-vector spaces respectively of dimensions n + 1 and n. In the present paper we show that the orbit of H under a group of automorphisms of G together with N, forms a partition of G, provided that there exists a commutative (possibly nonassociative) division algebra of dimension n + 1 over K. This algebra exists when K is a finite field.     

Representation of congruences on regular semigroups with inverse transversals

For a regular semigroup with an inverse transversal, we have Saito’s structureW(I,S ^o, Λ, *, {α, β}). We represent congruences on this kind of semigroups by the so-called congruence assemblage which consist of congruences on the structure component partsI,S ^o and Λ. The structure of images of this type of semigroups is also presented. This work is supported by Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province     

关于HSOLSSOM（2^nu^1）的谱

本文讨论型为２＾ｎｕ＾１的有对称正交侣的带洞自正交拉丁方（ＨＳＯＬＳＳＯＭ（２＾ｎｕ＾１））的谱。证明当ｎ≤９时,ＨＳＯＬＳＳＯＭ（２＾ｎｕ＾１）存在的充分必要条件是ｕ为偶数且ｎ≥３ｕ／２＋１;当ｎ≥２６３时,若ｕ为偶数且ｎ≥２（ｕ－２）,则ＨＳＯＬＳＳＯＭ（２＾ｎｕ＾１）存在。     

INVERSE TRANSVERSALS ARE MUTUALLY ISOMORPHIC

It has been suspected for some time that if a regular semigroup S has an inverse transversal then all inverse transversals of S are isomorphic. Here we give a proof of this fact.     

A lower bound for the length of a partial transversal in a Latin square

It is proved that every n×n Latin square has a partial transversal of length at least n−O(log²n). The previous papers proving these results (including one by the second author) not only contained an error, but were sloppily written and quite difficult to understand. We have corrected the error and improved the clarity.     

Small Uniformly Resolvable Designs for Block Sizes 3 and 4

A uniformly resolvable design (URD) is a resolvable design in which each parallel class contains blocks of only one block size k, such a class is denoted k‐pc and for a given k the number of k‐pcs is denoted r_k. In this paper, we consider the case of block sizes 3 and 4 (both existent). We use v to denote the number of points, in this case the necessary conditions imply that v ≡ 0 (mod 12). We prove that all admissible URDs with v < 200 points exist, with the possible exceptions of 13 values of r₄ over all permissible v. We obtain a URD({3, 4}; 276) with r₄ = 9 by direct construction use it to and complete the construction of all URD({3, 4}; v) with r₄ = 9. We prove that all admissible URDs for v ≡ 36 (mod 144), v ≡ 0 (mod 60), v ≡ 36 (mod 108), and v ≡ 24 (mod 48) exist, with a few possible exceptions. Recently, the existence of URDs for all admissible parameter sets with v ≡ 0 (mod 48) was settled, this together with the latter result gives the existence all admissible URDs for v ≡ 0 (mod 24), with a few possible exceptions.     

Group construction of covering arrays

A covering array t‐CA (n, k, g) is a k × n array on a set of g symbols with the property that in each t × n subarray, every t × 1 column appears at least once. This paper improves many of the best known upper bounds on n for covering arrays, 2‐CA (n, k, g) with g + 1 ≤ k ≤ 2g, for g = 3 · · · 12 by a construction which in many of these cases produces a 2‐CA (n, k, g) with n = k (g ? 1) + 1. The construction is an extension of an algebraic method used by Chateauneuf, Colbourn, and Kreher which uses an array and a group action on the array. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Combin Designs 13: 70–77, 2005.     

Yang—Yang thermodynamics of one-dimensional Bose gases with anisotropic transversal confinement

By combining the thermodynamic Bethe ansatz and local density approximation, we investigate the Yang—Yang thermodynamics of interacting one-dimensional Bose gases with anisotropic transversal confinement. It is shown that with the increase of anisotropic parameter at low temperature, the Bose atoms are distributed over a wider region, while at high temperature the density distribution is not affected obviously. Both the temperature and transversal confinement can strengthen the local pressure of the Bose gases.