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On tight $4$-designs in Hamming association schemes

Combinatorics 2019-07-17 v2

Abstract

We complete the classification of tight 44-designs in Hamming association schemes H(n,q)H(n,q), i.e., that of tight orthogonal arrays of strength 44, which had been open since a result by Noda (1979). To do so, we construct an association scheme attached to a tight 44-design in H(n,q)H(n,q) and analyze its triple intersection numbers to conclude the non-existence in all open cases.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1809.07553,
  title  = {On tight $4$-designs in Hamming association schemes},
  author = {Alexander Gavrilyuk and Sho Suda and Janoš Vidali},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.07553},
  year   = {2019}
}
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