Multifold 1-perfect codes
Combinatorics
2024-07-15 v3 Discrete Mathematics
Information Theory
math.IT
Abstract
A multifold -perfect code (-perfect code for list decoding) in any graph is a set of vertices such that every vertex of the graph is at distance not more than from exactly elements of . In -ary Hamming graphs, where is a prime power, we characterize all parameters of multifold -perfect codes and all parameters of additive multifold -perfect codes. In particular, we show that additive multifold -perfect codes are related to special multiset generalizations of spreads, multispreads, and that multispreads of parameters corresponding to multifold -perfect codes always exist. Keywords: perfect codes, multifold packing, multiple covering, list-decoding codes, additive codes, spreads, multispreads, completely regular codes, intriguing sets.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2212.03644,
title = {Multifold 1-perfect codes},
author = {Denis S. Krotov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.03644},
year = {2024}
}