Hadamard matrices of Williamson type: A challenge for Computer Algebra

  • Authors:
  • Ilias S. Kotsireas;Christos Koukouvinos

  • Affiliations:
  • Wilfrid Laurier University, Department of Physics and Computer Science, 75 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5, Canada;Department of Mathematics, National Technical University of Athens, Zografou 15773, Athens, Greece

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Symbolic Computation
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

We describe new families of challenging polynomial systems of equations arising in the construction of Hadamard matrices of Williamson type. These systems depend on a parameter and exhibit a number of symmetries. We demonstrate that Genetic Algorithms form a suitable tool to apply to these systems, for which the traditional Computer Algebra methods seem to be inappropriate.