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The linear time encoding scheme fails to encode

Computational Complexity 2023-12-27 v1

Abstract

We point out an error in the paper "Linear Time Encoding of LDPC Codes" (by Jin Lu and Jos\'e M. F. Moura, IEEE Trans). The paper claims to present a linear time encoding algorithm for every LDPC code. We present a family of counterexamples, and point out where the analysis fails. The algorithm in the aforementioned paper fails to encode our counterexample, let alone in linear time.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2312.16125,
  title  = {The linear time encoding scheme fails to encode},
  author = {Yotam Dikstein and Irit Dinur and Shiri Sivan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.16125},
  year   = {2023}
}
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