Hadamard Conjecture — The Paley Construction (Type I) #
Let F be a finite field with q = #F ≡ 3 (mod 4) and let Q be its
Jacobsthal matrix (Hadamard.jacobsthal). Index (q+1) × (q+1) matrices
by Unit ⊕ F and set
S = fromBlocks 0 1 (-1) Q, H = I + S.
Since q ≡ 3 (mod 4), the matrix S is skew-symmetric (Sᵀ = -S), and
the character-sum identities give S Sᵀ = q I. Hence
H Hᵀ = (I + S)(I + Sᵀ) = I + S + Sᵀ + S Sᵀ = (q + 1) I,
and all entries of H are ±1 (the diagonal of S vanishes and is
repaired by I). This is Paley's construction I (Paley, On
orthogonal matrices, J. Math. Phys. 12 (1933), 311–320): a Hadamard
matrix of order q + 1 for every prime power q ≡ 3 (mod 4), giving
in particular orders 4, 8, 12, 20, 24, 28, 32, 44, 48, 60, 68, ….
The skew companion of the Paley matrix: in block form (indexing by
Unit ⊕ F), the top-left entry is 0, the first row is 1, the first
column is -1, and the core is the Jacobsthal matrix.
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- Hadamard.paleySkew F = Matrix.fromBlocks 0 (Matrix.of fun (x : Unit) (x_1 : F) => 1) (Matrix.of fun (x : F) (x_1 : Unit) => -1) (Hadamard.jacobsthal F)
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The Paley matrix of order #F + 1: identity plus the skew
companion.
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For #F ≡ 3 (mod 4) the Paley skew companion is skew-symmetric.
The key orthogonality computation: S Sᵀ = q I for the Paley skew
companion. Top-left: the all-ones row dotted with itself gives q.
Off-diagonal blocks: row/column sums of the Jacobsthal matrix vanish.
Bottom-right: J + Q Qᵀ = J + (q I - J) = q I.
The Paley matrix satisfies the Hadamard orthogonality equation
H Hᵀ = (q + 1) I.
All entries of the Paley matrix are ±1.
Paley construction I (Paley 1933): if F is a finite field with
#F ≡ 3 (mod 4), then there is a Hadamard matrix of order #F + 1.
Paley I for prime powers: for every prime power q = p ^ k with
q ≡ 3 (mod 4) there is a Hadamard matrix of order q + 1. The witness
field is the Galois field GaloisField p k.
A Hadamard matrix of order 12 exists (Paley, q = 11). This is the
first order not reachable by the Sylvester doubling family.
A Hadamard matrix of order 20 exists (Paley, q = 19).
A Hadamard matrix of order 28 exists (Paley, q = 27 = 3³): a case
that genuinely needs a non-prime prime power.