Signed Difference Sets

Publication date 20 December 2022

Abstract: A

(v, k, l a m b d a)

difference set in a group

G

of order

v

is a subset

d_{1}, d_{2}, l d o t s, d_{k}

of

G

such that

D = s u m d_{i}

in the group ring

m a t h b b Z [G]

satisfies

D D^{-1} = n + lambda G,

where

n = k - l a m b d a

. If

D = s u m s_{i} d_{i}

, where the

s_{i} i n p m 1

, satisfies the same equation, we will call it a signed difference set. This generalizes both difference sets (all

s_{i} = 1

) and circulant weighing matrices (

G

cyclic and

l a m b d a = 0

). We will show that there are other cases of interest, and give some results on their existence.

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