This paper is about critical sets in Latin squares and the weaker concept of partial Latin squares with unique completion. This work involves taking two known partial Latin squares with unique completion, or critical sets in Latin squares, and using a product construction to produce new partial Latin squares with unique completion, or new critical sets in larger Latin squares.
Citation
Rebecca A. H. Gower. Critical Sets in Products of Latin Squares[J], Ars Combinatoria, Volume 055. 293-317. .