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Latin square
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Latin square [′lat·ən ′skwer]
(mathematics)
Ann×nsquare array ofndifferent symbols, each symbol appearing once in each row and once in each column; these symbols prove useful in ordering the observations of an experiment.


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For your general information, Euler's work on Latin squares forms the basis of a branch of mathematics called combinatorics.
Mathematically, Sudoku puzzles are a derivation of Latin Squares.
Latin squares that appear in Arabic literature over 700 years ago are believed to be the ancestors of Sudoku.
 
 
 
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