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In this paper, we obtain a number of new infinite families of Hadamard matrices. Our constructions are based on four new constructions of difference families with four or eight blocks. By applying the Wallis-Whiteman array or the Kharaghani…
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We solve the center-focus problem in a class of piecewise quadratic polynomial differential systems with an invariant straight line. The separation curve is also a straight line which is not invariant. We provide families having at the…
Perfect difference families (PDFs for short) are important both in theoretical and in applications. Perfect difference matrices (PDMs for short) and the equivalent structure had been extensively studied and used to construct perfect…
We analyze the complex dynamics dynamics of a family of $\mathbb{Z}_{12}-$equivariant planar systems, by using their reduction to an Abel equation. We derive conditions in the parameter space that allow uniqueness and hyperbolicity of a…
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A $2t$-cycle system of order $v$ is a set $\mathcal{C}$ of cycles whose edges partition the edge-set of $K_v-I$ (i.e., the complete graph minus the $1$-factor $I$). If $v\equiv 0 \pmod{2t}$, a set of $v/2t$ vertex-disjoint cycles of…
We consider smooth families of planar polynomial vector fields $\{X_\mu\}_{\mu\in\Lambda}$, where $\Lambda$ is an open subset of $\mathbb{R}^N$, for which there is a hyperbolic polycycle $\Gamma$ that is persistent (i.e., such that none of…
One method of constructing $(a^2+1, 2,a, 1)$-SEDFs (i.e., strong external difference families) in $\mathbb{Z}_{a^2+1}$ makes use of $\alpha$-valuations of complete bipartite graphs $K_{a,a}$. We explore this approach and we provide a…
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We introduce six independent trivariate bicycle (ITB) codes, which extend the bivariate bicycle framework of Bravyi et al.\ to three cyclic dimensions. Using asymmetric polynomial pairs on three-dimensional tori, we construct four codes…