scholarly journals Orthogonal Arrays with Parameters $OA(s^3,s^2+s+1,s,2)$ and 3-Dimensional Projective Geometries

10.37236/556 ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuaki Ishii

There are many nonisomorphic orthogonal arrays with parameters $OA(s^3,s^2+s+1,s,2)$ although the existence of the arrays yields many restrictions. We denote this by $OA(3,s)$ for simplicity. V. D. Tonchev showed that for even the case of $s=3$, there are at least 68 nonisomorphic orthogonal arrays. The arrays that are constructed by the $n-$dimensional finite spaces have parameters $OA(s^n, (s^n-1)/(s-1),s,2)$. They are called Rao-Hamming type. In this paper we characterize the $OA(3,s)$ of 3-dimensional Rao-Hamming type. We prove several results for a special type of $OA(3,s)$ that satisfies the following condition: For any three rows in the orthogonal array, there exists at least one column, in which the entries of the three rows equal to each other. We call this property $\alpha$-type. We prove the following. (1) An $OA(3,s)$ of $\alpha$-type exists if and only if $s$ is a prime power. (2) $OA(3,s)$s of $\alpha$-type are isomorphic to each other as orthogonal arrays. (3) An $OA(3,s)$ of $\alpha$-type yields $PG(3,s)$. (4) The 3-dimensional Rao-Hamming is an $OA(3,s)$ of $\alpha$-type. (5) A linear $OA(3,s)$ is of $\alpha $-type.

1994 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 311-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
David G. Glynn

Every orthogonal array of strength s and of prime-power (or perhaps infinite) order q, has a well-defined collection of ranks r. Having rank r means that it can be constructed as a cone cut by qs hyperplanes in projective space of dimension r over a field of order q.


1980 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 1299-1305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbu C. Kestenband

We show that any PG(2n, q2) is a disjoint union of (q2n+1 − 1)/ (q − 1) caps, each cap consisting of (q2n+1 + 1)/(q + 1) points. Furthermore, these caps constitute the “large points” of a PG(2n, q), with the incidence relation defined in a natural way.A square matrix H = (hij) over the finite field GF(q2), q a prime power, is said to be Hermitian if hijq = hij for all i, j [1, p. 1161]. In particular, hii ∈ GF(q). If if is Hermitian, so is p(H), where p(x) is any polynomial with coefficients in GF(q).Given a Desarguesian Projective Geometry PG(2n, q2), n > 0, we denote its points by column vectors:All Hermitian matrices in this paper will be 2n + 1 by 2n + 1, n > 0.


Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 1895 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Higazy ◽  
A. El-Mesady ◽  
M. S. Mohamed

During the last two centuries, after the question asked by Euler concerning mutually orthogonal Latin squares (MOLS), essential advances have been made. MOLS are considered as a construction tool for orthogonal arrays. Although Latin squares have numerous helpful properties, for some factual applications these structures are excessively prohibitive. The more general concepts of graph squares and mutually orthogonal graph squares (MOGS) offer more flexibility. MOGS generalize MOLS in an interesting way. As such, the topic is attractive. Orthogonal arrays are essential in statistics and are related to finite fields, geometry, combinatorics and error-correcting codes. Furthermore, they are used in cryptography and computer science. In this paper, our current efforts have concentrated on the definition of the graph-orthogonal arrays and on proving that if there are k MOGS of order n, then there is a graph-orthogonal array, and we denote this array by G-OA(n2,k,n,2). In addition, several new results for the orthogonal arrays obtained from the MOGS are given. Furthermore, we introduce a recursive construction method for constructing the graph-orthogonal arrays.


1980 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 1126-1139 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. C. Lindner ◽  
R. C. Mullin ◽  
D. G. Hoffman

An n2 × k orthogonal array is a pair (P, B) where P = {1, 2, …, n} and B is a collection of k-tuples of elements from P (called rows) such that if i < j ∈ {1, 2, …, k} and x and y are any two elements of P (not necessarily distinct) there is exactly one row in B whose ith coordinate is x and whose jth coordinate is y. We will refer to the ith coordinate of a row r as the ith column of r. The number n is called the order (or size) of the array and k is called the strength.


1985 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 1163-1175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary L. Ebert

In [2] by means of a fairly lengthy argument involving Hermitian varieties it was shown that PG(2n, q2) can be partitioned into (q2n++ 1 + 1)/(q + l)-caps. Moreover, these caps were shown to constitute the “large points” of a PG(2n, q) in a natural way. In [3] a similar argument was used to show that once two disjoint (n – l)-subspaces are removed from PG(2n, q2), the remaining points can be partitioned into (q2n – 1)/(q2 – l)-caps.The purpose of this paper is to give a short proof of the results found in [2], and then use the technique developed to partition PG(2n, q) into (qn + l)-caps for n even and q any prime-power. Moreover, these caps can be treated in a natural way as the “large points” of a PG(n – 1, q).


2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
pp. 0
Author(s):  
Guangzhou Chen ◽  
Xiaotong Zhang

<p style='text-indent:20px;'>An <inline-formula><tex-math id="M1">\begin{document}$ N \times k $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula> array <inline-formula><tex-math id="M2">\begin{document}$ A $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula> with entries from <inline-formula><tex-math id="M3">\begin{document}$ v $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula>-set <inline-formula><tex-math id="M4">\begin{document}$ \mathcal{V} $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula> is said to be an <i>orthogonal array</i> with <inline-formula><tex-math id="M5">\begin{document}$ v $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula> levels, strength <inline-formula><tex-math id="M6">\begin{document}$ t $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula> and index <inline-formula><tex-math id="M7">\begin{document}$ \lambda $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula>, denoted by OA<inline-formula><tex-math id="M8">\begin{document}$ (N,k,v,t) $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula>, if every <inline-formula><tex-math id="M9">\begin{document}$ N\times t $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula> sub-array of <inline-formula><tex-math id="M10">\begin{document}$ A $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula> contains each <inline-formula><tex-math id="M11">\begin{document}$ t $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula>-tuple based on <inline-formula><tex-math id="M12">\begin{document}$ \mathcal{V} $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula> exactly <inline-formula><tex-math id="M13">\begin{document}$ \lambda $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula> times as a row. An OA<inline-formula><tex-math id="M14">\begin{document}$ (N,k,v,t) $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula> is called <i>irredundant</i>, denoted by IrOA<inline-formula><tex-math id="M15">\begin{document}$ (N,k,v,t) $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula>, if in any <inline-formula><tex-math id="M16">\begin{document}$ N\times (k-t ) $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula> sub-array, all of its rows are different. Goyeneche and <inline-formula><tex-math id="M17">\begin{document}$ \dot{Z} $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula>yczkowski firstly introduced the definition of an IrOA and showed that an IrOA<inline-formula><tex-math id="M18">\begin{document}$ (N,k,v,t) $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula> corresponds to a <inline-formula><tex-math id="M19">\begin{document}$ t $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula>-uniform state of <inline-formula><tex-math id="M20">\begin{document}$ k $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula> subsystems with local dimension <inline-formula><tex-math id="M21">\begin{document}$ v $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula> (Physical Review A. 90 (2014), 022316). In this paper, we present some new constructions of irredundant orthogonal arrays by using difference matrices and some special matrices over finite fields, respectively, as a consequence, many infinite families of irredundant orthogonal arrays are obtained. Furthermore, several infinite classes of <inline-formula><tex-math id="M22">\begin{document}$ t $\end{document}</tex-math></inline-formula>-uniform states arise from these irredundant orthogonal arrays.</p>


2000 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 355-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOSEPH P. S. KUNG

In [9, p. 469], Oxley made the following conjecture, which is a geometric analogue of a conjecture of Lovász (see [1, p. 290]) about complete graphs.Conjecture 1.1.Let G be a rank-n GF(q)-representable simple matroid with critical exponent n − γ. If, for every coline X in G, c(G/X; q) = c(G; q) − 2 = n − γ − 2, then G is the projective geometry PG(n − 1, q).We shall call the rank n, the critical ‘co-exponent’ γ, and the order q of the field the parameters of Oxley's conjecture. We exhibit several counterexamples to this conjecture. These examples show that, for a given prime power q and a given positive integer γ, Oxley's conjecture holds for only finitely many ranks n. We shall assume familiarity with matroid theory and, in particular, the theory of critical problems. See [6] and [9].A subset C of points of PG(n − 1, q) is a (γ, k)-cordon if, for every k-codimensional subspace X in PG(n − 1, q), the intersection C ∩ X contains a γ-dimensional subspace of PG(n − 1, q). In this paper, our primary interest will be in constructing (γ, 2)-cordons. With straightforward modifications, our methods will also yield (γ, k)-cordons.Complements of counterexamples to Oxley's conjecture are (γ, 2)-cordons.


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