Constructions of partitioned difference families

  • Authors:
  • Jianxing Yin;Xiuling Shan;Zihong Tian

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Mathematics, Suzhou University, Suzhou 215006, China;Institute of Mathematics, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050016, China;Institute of Mathematics, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050016, China

  • Venue:
  • European Journal of Combinatorics
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Partitioned difference families (PDFs) arise from constructions of optimum constant composition codes. In this paper, a number of infinite classes of PDFs are constructed, based on known cyclotomic difference families in GF(q). A general approach which obtains PDFs from difference packings and coverings in abelian group is also presented.