Cyclotomy and Addition Sets

Abstract In this paper, we develop methods to solve the polynomial congruence θ(x)θ(xg) ≡ d + λ(1 + x +… + xp−1) (mod xp − 1), where p is an odd prime and θ(x) is a polynomial with nonnegative integral coefficients. Using these methods, we construct some new addition sets that are the unions of index classes for some primes p. We also establish the nonexistence of both the (95, 10, 1, 18)-addition set and the (95, 10, 1, 56)-addition set.