Parker square

Parker square

English

Etymology

Named after Matt Parker, Australian mathematician.

Proper noun

Parker square

1. A radially symmetric latin square.
   • 2004, Mathematical Reviews, page 8484:

     The use of Parker squares in the construction of sets of mutually orthogonal Latin squares is then examined.

   • 2004, Ian M. Wanless, “Diagonally cyclic latin squares”, in European Journal of Combinatorics, volume 25, number 3:

     A main class will contain a certain type of Parker square if and only if each square in the class is isotopic to a Parker square of that type.

   • 2015, A. Donald Keedwell, ‎József Dénes, Latin Squares and their Applications, →ISBN, page 287:

     Thus, Parker squares of different types may lie in the same isomorphism class and, a fortiori, in the same isotopism or main class of latin squares.

2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) A failed attempt at creating a magic square:

292	12	472
412	372	12
232	412	292

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