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The existence of (v, 4, 1) disjoint difference families with v a prime power

The existence of (v, 4, 1) disjoint difference families with v a prime power A (v, k, λ) difference family ((v, k, λ)-DF in short) over an abelian group G of order v, is a collection F = {B i |i ∈ I} of k-subsets of G, called base blocks, such that any nonzero element of G can be represented in precisely λ ways as a difference of two elements lying in some base blocks in F. A (v, k, λ)-DDF is a difference family with disjoint blocks. In this paper, by using Weil’s theorem on character sum estimates, it is proved that there exists a (p n, 4, 1)-DDF, where p = 1 (mod 12) is a prime number and n ≥ 1. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica Springer Journals

The existence of (v, 4, 1) disjoint difference families with v a prime power

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2008 by Institute of Applied Mathematics, Academy of Mathematics and System Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Springer-Verlag GmbH
Subject
Mathematics; Applications of Mathematics; Math Applications in Computer Science; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics
ISSN
0168-9673
eISSN
1618-3932
DOI
10.1007/s10255-006-6132-0
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Abstract

A (v, k, λ) difference family ((v, k, λ)-DF in short) over an abelian group G of order v, is a collection F = {B i |i ∈ I} of k-subsets of G, called base blocks, such that any nonzero element of G can be represented in precisely λ ways as a difference of two elements lying in some base blocks in F. A (v, k, λ)-DDF is a difference family with disjoint blocks. In this paper, by using Weil’s theorem on character sum estimates, it is proved that there exists a (p n, 4, 1)-DDF, where p = 1 (mod 12) is a prime number and n ≥ 1.

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Acta Mathematicae Applicatae SinicaSpringer Journals

Published: Oct 12, 2008

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