Transversal This, Transversal That DARCY GORDON BEST 10.4225/03/5b164871dee8e https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/Transversal_This_Transversal_That/6444785 Latin squares are two-dimensional patterns of symbols. Studied since the 18th century, they now find numerous applications in communication technologies and scheduling problems. A transversal is a balanced selection of symbols within a Latin square. In this thesis, we study the number of, existence of, and structure of transversals in Latin squares and similar objects. In certain sizes of squares, we prove that the number of transversals must be a multiple of four. We also find the first known bound on the number of symbols needed to guarantee the existence of a transversal. 2019-04-04 04:40:13 Latin Squares Transversals Mutually Orthogonal Latin Squares Permanents Combinatorics and Discrete Mathematics (excl. Physical Combinatorics)