A new family of Hadamard matrices of order \(4 (2 q^2+1)\) (Q2219956)

A long-standing combinatorial conjecture asserts the existence of Hadamard matrices of all orders divisible by four. Although the conjecture still seems to be far from being settled, numerous infinite families of Hadamard matrices have been discovered over time (see, e.g., [\textit{M. Hall}, Combinatorial theory. 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley \& Sons (1986; Zbl 0588.05001)]). The authors exhibit a new example of such a family, which consists of Hadamard matrices of order \(4(2q^2 + 1)\) for prime powers \(q\) satisfying the equality \(q = 12c^2 + 4c + 3\) for some integer \(c\). More precisely, they describe a construction of a suitable difference family, which can be transformed to the above-described family of Hadamard matrices via the Wallis-Whiteman array [\textit{J. Wallis} and \textit{A. L. Whiteman}, Bull. Austral. Math. Soc. 7, 233--249 (1972; Zbl 0248.05014)].