Hadamard matrices yielding orthogonal arrays satisfying the eight-column conditions

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Let mm be an odd positive integer. A Hadamard matrix of order 4m4m is a square matrix with entries in {1,1}\{1,-1\} whose distinct rows are mutually orthogonal; an orthogonal array OA(4m,8,2,2)\operatorname{OA}(4m,8,2,2) is an array with 4m4m rows and eight binary columns in which every pair of columns contains each binary ordered pair equally often. The conditions of Theorem are the conditions on such an array specified by that theorem.

The conjecture. For each odd mm, there exists a Hadamard matrix 4m4m which yields an orthogonal array OA(4m,8,2,2)\operatorname{OA}(4m,8,2,2) satisfying the conditions of Theorem.

This would provide the required eight-column constructions for every odd parameter and is stated to be stronger than the Hadamard conjecture. The supplied text gives computational and counting evidence motivating it, but does not report a resolution.

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Fahim Rahim and Nicholas J. Cavenagh, “Row-column factorial designs with strength at least 2”, arXiv:2207.02397 (2023).

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