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A Symmetric Block Design (,
,
) which is equivalent to a Hadamard Matrix of order
. It is conjectured that Hadamard designs exist for all integers
, but this has not yet been proven.
This elusive proof (or disproof) remains one of the most important unsolved problems in Combinatorics.
References
Dinitz, J. H. and Stinson, D. R. ``A Brief Introduction to Design Theory.'' Ch. 1 in
Contemporary Design Theory: A Collection of Surveys (Ed. J. H. Dinitz and
D. R. Stinson). New York: Wiley, pp. 1-12, 1992.