Journal of Applied Mathematics
Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 26385, 32 pages
doi:10.1155/JAM/2006/26385
A review of Costas arrays
School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh, James Clerk Maxwell Building, The King's Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, Scotland EH9 3JZ, United Kingdom
Received 15 March 2005; Revised 13 January 2006; Accepted 5 March 2006
Copyright © 2006 Konstantinos Drakakis. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Costas arrays are not only useful in radar engineering, but they
also present many interesting, and still open, mathematical
problems. This work collects in it all important knowledge about
them available today: some history of the subjects, density
results, construction methods, construction algorithms with full
proofs, and open questions. At the same time all the necessary
mathematical background is offered in the simplest possible format
and terms, so that this work can play the role of a reference for
mathematicians and mathematically inclined engineers interested in the field.