On (pa,pb,pa,pa-b)-Relative Difference Sets

Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 279-297

  Schmidt, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abelian character; Exponent bounds; Relative difference set

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000307575     PISSN: 09259899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008674331764     Document Type: Article

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