Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2018
In a recent paper (5) Newman proved the following theorem: if D is a difference set in a cyclic group G and n = q is prime, then q is a multiplier of D. If n = 2q and (v, 7) = 1, then q is a multiplier of D. The purpose of this note is to point out that a stronger statement than the first part was proved in (1), to remove the restriction (v, 7) = 1 in the second part, and to give again and make some comments about the proof of the theorem which asserts that a prime divisor of n is a multiplier of D if prime to v.