Reversible relative difference sets

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We investigate nontrivial (m, n, k, λ)-relative difference sets fixed by the inverse. Examples and necessary conditions on the existence of relative difference sets of this type are studied.

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Ma, S.L. Reversible relative difference sets. Combinatorica 12, 425–432 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01305235

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