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On the structure and existence of some amicable orthogonal designs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Peter J. Robinson
Affiliation:
Institute of Advanced Studies Australian National UniversityCanberra
Jennifer Seberry
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathementics The University of Sydney
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Abstract

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The structure is determined for the existence of some amicable weighing matrices. This is then used to prove the existence and non-existence of some amicable orthogonal designs in powers of two.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1978

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