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Another proof of a theorem on difference sets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

D. L. Yates
D. L. Yates
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University of Nottingham
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Multipliers of a difference set are of great importance in existence theorems, since they enable us to reject many configurations en bloc. (For a description of such theorems, see Mann (1).) The following theorem, which determines those cyclic group difference sets for which −1 is a multiplier, has been proved before by different methods (see, for example, Yamamoto(2) and Johnsen(3); and a more elementary matrix proof by Brualdi(4)) but the following ‘elementary’ proof may be of interest.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 63 , Issue 3 , July 1967 , pp. 595 - 596
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1967

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