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On triply even binary codes

Combinatorics 2012-10-02 v3

Abstract

A triply even code is a binary linear code in which the weight of every codeword is divisible by 8. We show how two doubly even codes of lengths m_1 and m_2 can be combined to make a triply even code of length m_1+m_2, and then prove that every maximal triply even code of length 48 can be obtained by combining two doubly even codes of length 24 in a certain way. Using this result, we show that there are exactly 10 maximal triply even codes of length 48 up to equivalence.

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@article{arxiv.1012.4134,
  title  = {On triply even binary codes},
  author = {Koichi Betsumiya and Akihiro Munemasa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.4134},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

21 pages + appendix of 10 pages. Minor revision

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