• DocumentCode
    1428394
  • Title

    On the number of Costas arrays as a function of array size

  • Author

    Silverman, J. ; Vickers, V.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of US Air Force, Rome Air Development Center, Hanscom, AFB, MA
  • Volume
    76
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    7/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    851
  • Lastpage
    853
  • Abstract
    A conjecture that the number of Costas arrays is a monotonic increasing function of array size is disproved by extension of the known values to n=17. A probabilistic estimation formula is developed which predicts the peak at n=16 and tracks the known values to (typically) 5-6%
  • Keywords
    radar theory; Costas arrays; array size; known values; monotonic increasing function; probabilistic estimation formula; radar; Content addressable storage; Galois fields; Interpolation; Kernel; Low pass filters; Radar tracking; Signal generators; Signal processing; Sonar;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/5.7156
  • Filename
    7156
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1428394