Talk:Random Latin squares: Difference between revisions

I think the task description needs to require and demonstrate that the algorithm must be capable of producing all valid latin squares of size n. As it stands starting from a valid latin square, which is easy to generate say:

0 1 2 3 4

1 2 3 4 0

3 4 0 1 2

4 0 1 2 3

there are 5! ways to arrange the columns and 5! ways to arrange the rows each of which is a valid random latin square. From the task description I see no reason why this would not be a valid solution as the task stands. I have added a reference to A002860 which is the number of latin squares of size n. For n>4 this simple solution produces random valid latin squares but can not produce all solutions. Nor does the Python algorithm which is just obfuscation which reduces to the above.--[[User:Nigel Galloway|Nigel Galloway]] ([[User talk:Nigel Galloway|talk]]) 18:38, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

==Python Algorithm==