A class of cyclic (v; k1, k2, k3; λ) difference families with v ≡ 3 (mod 4) a prime
We construct several new cyclic (v; k1, k2, k3; λ) difference families, with v ≡ 3 (mod 4) a prime and λ = k1 + k2 + k3 − (3v − 1)/4. Such families can be used in conjunction with the well-known Paley-Todd difference sets to construct skew-Hadamard matrices of order 4v. Our main result is that we have constructed for the first time the examples of skew Hadamard matrices of orders 4 · 239 = 956 and 4 · 331 = 1324.