Journal of Applied Mathematics
Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 26385, 32 pages
doi:10.1155/JAM/2006/26385

A review of Costas arrays

Konstantinos Drakakis

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.