Critical Sets for Dihedral Groups

A.G. Sittampalam1, A.D. Keedwell1
1Department of Mathematical and Computing Sciences University of Surrey, U.K.

Abstract

In this paper, we obtain critical sets for the general dihedral group, but we are not able to decide whether they are minimal. We also show the existence of a weakly completable critical set in the latin square based on the dihedral group of order six. We believe this to be the smallest group-based square to have such a set.