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Self-Dual codes from -matrices of skew symmetric type
Previously, self-dual codes have been constructed from weighing matrices, and
in particular from conference matrices (skew and symmetric). In this paper,
codes constructed from matrices of skew symmetric type whose determinants reach
the Ehlich-Wojtas' bound are presented. A necessary and sufficient condition
for these codes to be self-dual is given, and examples are provided for lengths
up to 52
Supplementary difference sets with symmetry for Hadamard matrices
First we give an overview of the known supplementary difference sets (SDS)
(A_i), i=1..4, with parameters (n;k_i;d), where k_i=|A_i| and each A_i is
either symmetric or skew and k_1 + ... + k_4 = n + d. Five new Williamson
matrices over the elementary abelian groups of order 25, 27 and 49 are
constructed. New examples of skew Hadamard matrices of order 4n for n=47,61,127
are presented. The last of these is obtained from a (127,57,76)-difference
family that we have constructed. An old non-published example of G-matrices of
order 37 is also included.Comment: 16 pages, 2 tables. A few minor changes are made. The paper will
appear in Operators and Matrice
Cohomology-Developed Matrices -- constructing families of weighing matrices and automorphism actions
The aim of this work is to construct families of weighing matrices via their
automorphism group action. This action is determined from the
-cohomology groups of the underlying abstract group. As a consequence,
some old and new families of weighing matrices are constructed. These include
the Paley Conference, the Projective-Space, the Grassmannian, and the
Flag-Variety weighing matrices. We develop a general theory relying on low
dimensional group-cohomology for constructing automorphism group actions, and
in turn obtain structured matrices that we call \emph{Cohomology-Developed
matrices}. This "Cohomology-Development" generalizes the Cocyclic and Group
Developments. The Algebraic structure of modules of Cohomology-Developed
matrices is discussed, and an orthogonality result is deduced. We also use this
algebraic structure to define the notion of \emph{Quasiproducts}, which is a
generalization of the Kronecker-product
Free nilpotent and -type Lie algebras. Combinatorial and orthogonal designs
The aim of our paper is to construct pseudo -type algebras from the
covering free nilpotent two-step Lie algebra as the quotient algebra by an
ideal. We propose an explicit algorithm of construction of such an ideal by
making use of a non-degenerate scalar product. Moreover, as a bypass result, we
recover the existence of a rational structure on pseudo -type algebras,
which implies the existence of lattices on the corresponding pseudo -type
Lie groups. Our approach substantially uses combinatorics and reveals the
interplay of pseudo -type algebras with combinatorial and orthogonal
designs. One of the key tools is the family of Hurwitz-Radon orthogonal
matrices
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