Complex Hadamard Matrices - a Catalog (since 2006)

by Wojciech Bruzda, Wojciech Tadej and Karol Życzkowski

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The recent updates to the Catalog have been carried out with extensive support from Claude Code. If you find some error, please let us know.


When citing the Catalog, please use the following BibTeX entry:

@misc{CHM_Catalog,
  author       = {Bruzda, Wojciech and Tadej, Wojciech and \.{Z}yczkowski, Karol},
  title        = {Catalog of Complex Hadamard Matrices},
  howpublished = {\url{https://matrix-toolbox.github.io/chm}},
  year         = {},
  note         = {Accessed: }
}

On an entry's own page, a matrix name shown as a link opens the Octave/Matlab script that builds it, in the repository.

$F_2^{(0)}$ $= H_2 \supset$ $F_2$ $\in BH(2,2)$ generic and other possible defect values $\in \{0\}$


$F_3^{(0)}$ $=$ $F_3$ $\in BH(3,3)$$\{0\}$


$H_4$ $\simeq F_2\otimes F_2\in BH(4,2)$ $\{3\}$

$F_4^{(1)}$ $\supset$ $F_4$ $\in BH(4,4)$ $\{\underline{1}, 3\}$


$F_5^{(0)}$ $=$ $F_5$ $\in BH(5,5)$$\{0\}$


$S_6^{(0)}$ $=$ $S_6$ $\in BH(6,3)$ $\{0\}$

$D_6^{(1)}$ $\supset$ $D_6$ $\in BH(6,4)$ $\{\underline{4}\}$

$F_6^{(2)}$ $\supset$ $F_6$ $\simeq F_2\otimes F_3\in BH(6,6),\quad \left(F_6^{(2)}\right)^{\rm T}$ $\{\underline{4}\}$

$B_6^{(1)}$ $\supset$ $C_6^{(0)}$ $\{\underline{4}\}$

$M_6^{(1)}$ $\{\underline{4}\}$

$X_6^{(2)}$ $\{\underline{4}\}$

$K_6^{(2)}$ $\{\underline{4}\}$

$K_6^{(3)}$ $\{\underline{4}\}$

$G_6^{(4)}$ $\{\underline{4}\}$


$P_7^{(1)}$ $\supset$ $P_7$ $\in BH(7,6)$ $\{\underline{2},3\}$

$F_7^{(0)}$ $=$ $F_7$ $\in BH(7,7)$ $\{0\}$

$C_{7\Sigma \ : \ \Sigma\in\{A,B,C,D\}}^{(0)}$ $\{0\}$

$Q_7^{(0)}$ $\{0\}$


$D_8^{(4)}$ $\supset$ $H_8$ $\simeq H_2\otimes H_2\otimes H_2\simeq H_4\otimes H_2\in BH(8,2)$ $\{\underline{5}, 7, 9, 15, 21\}$

$S_8^{(4)}$ $\supset$ $S_8$ $\in BH(8,4)$ $\{\underline{5},7,9,11,15,21\}$

$F_2\otimes F_4$ $\in BH(8,4)$$\{13\}$

$F_8^{(5)}$ $\supset$ $F_8$ $\in BH(8,8)$ $\{[\underline{5}, 11], 13\}$

$V_{8\Sigma \ : \ \Sigma\in\{A,B,C,D\}}^{(0)}$ $\{0\}$

$A_8^{(0)}$ $\{0\}$

$T_8^{(1)}$ $\supset \{$ $B_{8A}$, $B_{8B}$ $ \} \subset BH(8,20)$ $\{\underline{3},7,11\}$


$F_3\otimes F_3$ $\in BH(9,3)$$\{16\}$

$S_9^{(0)}$ $=$ $S_9$ $\in BH(9,6)$$\{0\}$

$F_9^{(4)}$ $\supset$ $F_9$ $\in BH(9,9)$ $\{\underline{4}, 6, 8, 10\}$

$B_9^{(0)}$ $=$ $B_9$ $\in BH(9,10)$$\{2\}$

$N_9^{(0)}$ $\{0\}$

$K_9^{(2)}$ $\{\underline{2},4,10,12,16\}$

$Y_9^{(0)}$ $\{0\}$


$D_{10}^{(3)}$ $\supset$ $D_{10}$ $\in BH(10,4)$ $\{\underline{9},10,12,16\}$

$X_{10}^{(0)}$ $\in BH(10,5)$$\{0\}$

$S_{10}^{(0)}$ $=$ $S_{10}$ $\in BH(10,5)$ $\{0\}$

$D_{10\Sigma \ : \ \Sigma\in\{A,B\}}^{(7)}$ $\supset$ $\{ D_{10A}, D_{10B} \} \subset BH(10,6)$ $\{\underline{8}_{A,B}, ...\}$

$F_{10}^{(4)}$ $\supset$ $F_{10}$ $\simeq F_2\otimes F_5\in BH(10,10),\quad \left(F_{10}^{(4)}\right)^{\rm T}$ $\{\underline{8}\}$

$N_{10A}$ $\{0\}$

$N_{10B}^{(3)}$ $\{\underline{7},8,10,11\}$

$G_{10}^{(1)}$ $\{8\}$


$F_{11}^{(0)}$ $=$ $F_{11}$ $\in BH(11,11)$ $\{0\}$

$C_{11\Sigma \ : \ \Sigma\in\{A,B\}}^{(0)}$ $\{0\}$

$N_{11A}^{(0)}$ $\{0\}$

$N_{11B}^{(0)}$ $\{0\}$

$Q_{11\Sigma \ : \ \Sigma\in\{A,B\}}^{(0)}$ $\{0\}$


$H_{12}^{(7)}$ $\supset$ $H_{12}$ $\in BH(12,2)$ $\{[8, 31], [35, 38], 41, 42, 45, 49, 54, \underline{55}\}$

$X_{12}$ $\in BH(12,3)$$\{12\}$

$D_6\otimes F_2$ $\in BH(12,4)$$\{27\}$

$D_{12}$ $\in BH(12,4)$ $\{45\}$

$F_3\otimes F_2\otimes F_2$ $\simeq F_6\otimes F_2$ $\in BH(12,6)$$\{27\}$

$S_6\otimes F_2$ $\in BH(12,6)$$\{19\}$

$F_{12\Sigma \ : \ \Sigma\in\{A,B,C,D\}}^{(9)}$ $\supset$ $F_{12}$ $\simeq F_3\otimes F_4\in BH(12,12),\quad \left(F_{12\Sigma \ : \ \Sigma\in\{A,B,C,D\}}^{(9)}\right)^{\rm T}$ $\{[\underline{13}_{B,C,D}, 16], [\underline{17}_A, 21], 23\}$

$S_{12}^{(5)}$ $\supset$ $S_{12}$ $\in BH(12,36)$ $\{\underline{11}, 13, 15, 17, 21, 27\}$

$D_{12\Sigma \ : \ \Sigma\in\{A,B,C,...,R\}}^{(9)}$ $\{...\}$


$M_{13A}$ $\in BH(13,6)$$\{0\}$

$M_{13B}$ $\in BH(13,6)$ $\{\underline{1}, 4\}$

$M_{13C}$ $\in BH(13,6)$ $\{\underline{2}, 3, 4, 6\}$

$F_{13}^{(0)}$ $=$ $F_{13}$ $\in BH(13,13)$ $\{0\}$

$P_{13(A)}^{(4)}$ $\supset$ $P_{13}$ $\in BH(13,60)$ $\{\underline{4},6\}$

$C_{13\Sigma \ : \ \Sigma\in\{A,B\}}^{(0)}$ $\{0\}$


$D_{14}^{(5)}$ $\supset$ $D_{14}$ $\in BH(14,4)$ $\{[\underline{14},16],[18,20],26,36\}$

$L_{14\Sigma \ : \ \Sigma\in\{A,B,...,N\}}^{(0)}$ $\in BH(14,4)$ $\{0\}$

$P_7\otimes F_2$ $\in BH(14,6)$$\{22\}$

$S_{14}^{(0)}$ $=$ $S_{14}$ $\in BH(14,7)$ $\{0\}$

$L_{14}^{(2)}$ $\in BH(14,10)$$\{10\}$

$F_{14}^{(6)}$ $\supset$ $F_{14}$ $\simeq F_7\otimes F_2\in BH(14,14),\quad \left(F_{14}^{(6)}\right)^{\rm T}$$\{12\}$

$FP_{14}^{(7)}$ $, ...$$\{...\}$


$F_{15}^{(8)}$ $\supset$ $F_{15}$ $\simeq F_3\otimes F_5\in BH(15,15),\quad \left(F_{15}^{(8)}\right)^{\rm T}$ $\{\underline{16}\}$

$A_{15\Sigma \ : \ \Sigma\in\{A,B,C,...,H\}}$ $\{0,10,16\}$


$H_{16A}$ $\simeq H_2\otimes H_2\otimes H_2\otimes H_2\in BH(16,2)$$\{105\}$

$H_{16B}$ $\in BH(16,2)$$\{105\}$

$H_{16C}$ $\in BH(16,2)$$\{105\}$

$H_{16D}$ $\in BH(16,2)$$\{105\}$

$H_{16E}$ $\in BH(16,2)$$\{105\}$

$F_4\otimes F_4$ $\in BH(16,4)$$\{57\}$

$S_8\otimes H_2$ $\in BH(16,4)$$\{39\}$

$F_8\otimes H_2$ $\in BH(16,8)$$\{41\}$

$S_{16}^{(11)}$ $\supset$ $S_{16}$ $\in BH(16,8)$ $\{[\underline{12},20], 23,24,27,32,39\}$

$F_{16}^{(17)}$ $\supset$ $F_{16}$ $\in BH(16,16)$ $\{\underline{17}, [19, 27], [29, 32], 34, 36\}$


$L_{21}^{(0)}$ $\in BH(21,3)$$\{0\}$