Date of Award
2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Department
Mathematics
Abstract
This thesis explores the use of difference sets to partition algebraic groups. Difference sets are a tool belonging to both group theory and combinatorics that provide symmetric properties that can be map into over mathematical fields such as design theory or coding theory. In my work, I will be taking algebraic groups and partitioning them into a subgroup and multiple McFarland difference sets. This partitioning can then be mapped to an association scheme. This bridge between difference sets and association schemes have important contributions to coding theory.
Recommended Citation
Funke, Rebecca, "Partitioning groups with difference sets" (2016). Honors Theses. 956.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/honors-theses/956