The first multiplier theorem supplies numerical multipliers for planar difference sets in Abelian groups. Let
be a planar difference set of difference
set order
in a finite Abelian group
, and let
be a positive divisor
of
. Then
is a numerical multiplier of
(Gordon 1994, p. 2).
A multiplier is a group automorphism of
which takes
to a translation
of itself for some
.
If
is of the form
for an integer
relatively prime to the group
order of
, then
is called a numerical multiplier.