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Efficient Decoding of Insertion and Deletion Errors for Helberg Codes

Information Theory 2025-08-27 v1 math.IT

Abstract

We present the first known efficient decoding algorithm for correcting multiple insertion-deletion errors in Helberg codes and their non-binary generalizations, extending a known algorithm for correcting multiple deletion errors.

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@article{arxiv.2508.18699,
  title  = {Efficient Decoding of Insertion and Deletion Errors for Helberg Codes},
  author = {Anthony Segrest and Hieu D. Nguyen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.18699},
  year   = {2025}
}

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22 pages

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