Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4656385 Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A 2007 21 Pages PDF
Abstract

Using a class of permutation polynomials of F32h+1 obtained from the Ree–Tits slice symplectic spreads in PG(3,32h+1), we construct a family of skew Hadamard difference sets in the additive group of F32h+1. With the help of a computer, we show that these skew Hadamard difference sets are new when h=2 and h=3. We conjecture that they are always new when h>3. Furthermore, we present a variation of the classical construction of the twin prime power difference sets, and show that inequivalent skew Hadamard difference sets lead to inequivalent difference sets with twin prime power parameters.

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