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$\mathbb Z/p\mathbb Z=A\cup(A-A)$?

$\newcommand{\Z}{\mathbb Z/p\mathbb Z}$ Can one partition a group of prime order as $A\cup(A-A)$ where $A$ is a subset of the group, $A-A$ is the set of all differences $a'-a''$ with $a',a''\in A$, ...
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Relative difference sets?

Do you know how to find order of known groups with RDS or without? Or Known groups which have RDS or not? If there is a references to survey all researches?
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All $2$-designs arising from the action of the affine linear group on the field of prime order

Let $p$ be a prime and $\mathbb{Z}_p$ denote as usual the field of order $p$. Let $AL(p)$ be the affine linear group $\{x\mapsto ax+b \;|\; a\in \mathbb{Z}_p\setminus \{0\}, b\in\mathbb{Z}_p\}$. For a ...
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The Symmetry of Steiner System S(5,8,24)

The group of automorphisms of S(5,8,24), M_{24}, is 5-transitive. Other than Symmetric groups are there any other 5-transitive groups? If not, would it be correct to say S(5,8,24) is the most ...