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Bhaskar Rao designs from cyclotomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Deborah J. Street
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Statistics University of SydneyN.S.W. 2006, Australia
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Abstract

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A Bhaskar Rao design is obtained from the incidence matrix of a partially balanced incomplete block design with m associate classes by negating some elements of the matrix in such a way that the inner product of rows α and β is ci if α and β are ith associates. In this paper we use nested designs constructed from unions of cyclotomic classes to give Bhaskar Rao designs.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1980

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