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Using integer linear programming and table-lookups we prove that there is no binary linear $[1988, 12, 992]$ code. As a by-product, the non-existence of binary linear codes with the parameters $[324, 10, 160]$, $[356, 10, 176]$,…
In this paper we prove a new upper bouhd on an edge Folkman number. In a previous paper we have proved that this bound is exact.
We show that there is no general algorithm which finds a sequence of points with finite-precision converging computably to the global optima of any continuous function.
A variable-length code is a fix-free code if no codeword is a prefix or a suffix of any other codeword. In a fix-free code any finite sequence of codewords can be decoded in both directions, which can improve the robustness to channel noise…
There exist a finite number of natural numbers n for which we do not know whether a realizable n_4-configuration does exist. We settle the two smallest unknown cases n=15 and n=16. In these cases realizable n_4-configurations cannot exist…
Let $P$ be a finite set of points in the plane in general position, that is, no three points of $P$ are on a common line. We say that a set $H$ of five points from $P$ is a $5$-hole in $P$ if $H$ is the vertex set of a convex $5$-gon…
We prove that a distance-regular graph with intersection array $\{55,36,11;1,4,45\}$ does not exist. This intersection array is from the table of feasible parameters for distance-regular graphs in "Distance-regular graphs"\ by A.E. Brouwer,…
The structure of binary self-dual codes invariant under the action of a cyclic group of order $pq$ for odd primes $p\neq q$ is considered. As an application we prove the nonexistence of an extremal self-dual $[96, 48, 20]$ code with an…
We prove that the interval $(5/6, 1)$ contains no 3-dimensional canonical thresholds.
We consider the even monic degree-$10$ second cuboid polynomial $Q_{p,q}(t)\in\mathbb{Z}[t]$ depending on coprime integers $p\neq q>0$. We exclude the existence of a splitting of type $5+5$ over $\mathbb{Q}$, i.e., a factorization of…
We derive a simple lower bound for the multi-version coding problem formulated in [1]. We also propose simple algorithms that almost match the lower bound derived. Another lower bound is proven for an extended version of the multi-version…
The proof of the non-existence of Griesmer $[104, 4, 82]_5$-codes is just one of many examples where extendability results are used. In a series of papers Landjev and Rousseva have introduced the concept of $(t\operatorname{mod} q)$-arcs as…
We present some new constructive upper bounds based on product graphs for generalized vertex Folkman numbers. They lead to new upper bounds for some special cases of generalized edge Folkman numbers, including $F_e(K_3,K_4-e; K_5) \leq 27$…
In this paper we consider codes in $\mathbb{F}_q^{s\times r}$ with packing radius $R$ regarding the NRT-metric (i.e. when the underlying poset is a disjoint union of chains with the same length) and we establish necessary condition on the…
We show that, in general, there is no degree corresponding to the composition of two problems in the computable reducibility lattice.
We prove that there are no Wieferich's primes $q=2p+1$ where $p \equiv 3 \pmod{4}$ is a prime number
For a graph $G$ the expression $G \overset{v}{\rightarrow} (a_1, ..., a_s)$ means that for every coloring of the vertices of $G$ in $s$ colors there exists $i \in \{1, ..., s\}$ such that there is a monochromatic $a_i$-clique of color $i$.…
Let $G$ be a graph. We use $\chi(G)$ and $\omega(G)$ to denote the chromatic number and clique number of $G$ respectively. A $P_5$ is a path on 5 vertices, and an $HVN$ is a $K_4$ together with one more vertex which is adjacent to exactly…
Let $\mathbb{F}_{p^m}$ be a finite field of cardinality $p^m$ and $R=\mathbb{F}_{p^m}[u]/\langle u^2\rangle=\mathbb{F}_{p^m}+u\mathbb{F}_{p^m}$ $(u^2=0)$, where $p$ is a prime and $m$ is a positive integer. For any $\lambda\in…
We give a simple proof of the fact that - in all dimensions - there are no homogeneous solutions to the thin obstacle problem with frequency $\lambda$ belonging to intervals of the form $(2k,2k+1)$, $k \in \mathbb{N}$. In particular, there…