Difference sets disjoint from a subgroup

Abstract: We study finite groups

G

having a subgroup

H

and

D s u b s e t G s e t m i n u s H

such that the multiset

x y^{- 1} : x, y i n D

has every non-identity element occur the same number of times (such a

D

is called a {it difference set}). We show that

H

has to be normal, that

| G | = | H |^{2}

, and that

| D c a p H g | = | H | / 2

for all

g o t i n H

. We show that

H

is contained in every normal subgroup of prime index, and other properties. We give a

2

-parameter family of examples of such groups. We show that such groups have Schur rings with four principal sets.

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