Two new classes of difference families

DOI10.1006/JCTA.1999.3038MaRDI QIDQ1570765zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Marco Buratti

Publication date 20 September 2000

Published in Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1006/jcta.1999.3038

zbMATH Keywords

difference familiesgeometry on a finite field

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of difference sets (number-theoretic, group-theoretic, etc.) (05B10)

Review text

Using elementary geometry on a finite field of order \(q\) classes of \((q^2,k,k-1)\) and \((q^2,k+1,k+1)\) difference families are constructed, where \(k=m(q-1)\) and \(q+1=mn\). There are \((q+1)!/n!(m!)^n\) ways to apply the theorem.

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• Cyclotomy and difference families in elementary Abelian groups
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• New classes of residue supplementary difference systems

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