Some Non-Existence Results on Divisible Difference Sets

Authors

• K. T. Arasu, Wright State University - Main CampusFollow
• James Davis, University of Richmond
• Dieter Jungnickel, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
• Alexander Pott, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1-1991

Abstract

In this paper, we shall prove several non-existence results for divisible difference sets, using three approaches: (i) character sum arguments similar to the work of Turyn [25] for ordinary difference sets, (ii) involution arguments and (iii) multipliers in conjunction with results on ordinary difference sets. Among other results, we show that an abelian affine difference set of odd orders (s not a perfect square) inG can exist only if the Sylow 2-subgroup ofG is cyclic. We also obtain a non-existence result for non-cyclic (n, n, n, 1) relative difference sets of odd ordern.

Repository Citation

Arasu, K. T., Davis, J., Jungnickel, D., & Pott, A. (1991). Some Non-Existence Results on Divisible Difference Sets. Combinatorica, 11 (1), 1-8.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/math/588

DOI

10.1007/BF01375467