Paley type partial difference sets in abelian groups
Combinatorics
2019-08-21 v1
Abstract
Partial difference sets with parameters are called Paley type partial difference sets. In this note we prove that if there exists a Paley type partial difference set in an abelian group of an order not a prime power, then or , where is an odd integer. In 2010, Polhill \cite{Polhill} constructed Paley type partial difference sets in abelian groups with those orders. Thus, combining with the constructions of Polhill and the classical Paley construction using non-zero squares of a finite field, we completely answer the following question: "For which odd positive integer , can we find a Paley type partial difference set in an abelian group of order ?"
Cite
@article{arxiv.1908.07055,
title = {Paley type partial difference sets in abelian groups},
author = {Zeying Wang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.07055},
year = {2019}
}