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A polynomial construction of perfect sequence covering arrays

Combinatorics 2022-10-03 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

A PSCA(v,t,λ)(v, t, \lambda) is a multiset of permutations of the vv-element alphabet {0,,v1}\{0, \dots, v-1\} such that every sequence of tt distinct elements of the alphabet appears in the specified order in exactly λ\lambda permutations. For vtv \geq t, let g(v,t)g(v, t) be the smallest positive integer λ\lambda such that a PSCA(v,t,λ)(v, t, \lambda) exists. We present an explicit construction that proves g(v,t)=O(vt(t2))g(v,t) = O(v^{t(t-2)}) for fixed t4t \geq 4. The method of construction involves taking a permutation representation of the group of projectivities of a suitable projective space of dimension t2t - 2 and deleting all but a certain number of symbols from each permutation. In the case that this space is a Desarguesian projective plane, we also show that there exists a permutation representation of the group of projectivities of the plane that covers the vast majority of 4-sequences of its points a fixed number of times.

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@article{arxiv.2209.15234,
  title  = {A polynomial construction of perfect sequence covering arrays},
  author = {Aidan R. Gentle},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.15234},
  year   = {2022}
}