The Gordon game

Author

Anthony Frenk, Eastern Washington University

Date of Award

2013

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Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS) in Mathematics

Department

Mathematics

Abstract

"In 1992, about 30 years after Gordon introduced group sequencings to construct row-complete Latin squares, John Isbell introduced the idea of competitive sequencing, the Gordon Game. Isbell investigated the Gordon Game and found solutions for groups of small order. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the Gordon Game and develop a brute force method of determining solutions to the game for all groups of order 12 (up to isomorphism) as well as for abelian groups of order less than 20. The method used will be a depth first search program written in MATLAB. Consequently, group representation using matrices will be studied within the thesis"--Document.

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Typescript. Vita.

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Recommended Citation

Frenk, Anthony, "The Gordon game" (2013). EWU Masters Thesis Collection. 235.
https://dc.ewu.edu/theses/235