`ISRN AlgebraVolume 2012 (2012), Article ID 367129, 19 pageshttp://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2012/367129`
Research Article

## On the Existence of ( 𝑣 , 𝑘 , 𝜆 ) Difference Sets with 𝑘 < 1 2 5 0 and 𝑘 − 𝜆 Is a Square

Division of Sciences and Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Livingstone College, Salisbury, NC 28144, USA

Received 20 January 2012; Accepted 8 February 2012

Academic Editors: A. V. Kelarev, D. Kressner, H. You, and A. Zimmermann

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