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In this paper, we describe the properties of the $i$-components of Hamming codes. We suggest constructions of the admissible families of components of Hamming codes. It is shown that every $q$-ary code of length $m$ and minimum distance 5…
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We construct a record-breaking binary code of length 17, minimal distance 6, constant weight 6, and containing 113 codewords.
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