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A Group-Theoretic Framework for the Construction of Packings in Grassmannian Spaces

Combinatorics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

By using totally isotropic subspaces in an orthogonal space Omega^{+}(2i,2), several infinite families of packings of 2^k-dimensional subspaces of real 2^i-dimensional space are constructed, some of which are shown to be optimal packings. A certain Clifford group underlies the construction and links this problem with Barnes-Wall lattices, Kerdock sets and quantum-error-correcting codes.

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@article{arxiv.math/0208002,
  title  = {A Group-Theoretic Framework for the Construction of Packings in Grassmannian Spaces},
  author = {A. R. Calderbank and R. H. Hardin and E. M. Rains and P. W. Shor and N. J. A. Sloane},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0208002},
  year   = {2007}
}

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15 pages