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We compare the two duality theories of rank-metric codes proposed by Delsarte and Gabidulin, proving that the former generalizes the latter. We also give an elementary proof of MacWilliams identities for the general case of Delsarte…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-04-03 Alberto Ravagnani

Constant-dimension codes have recently received attention due to their significance to error control in noncoherent random network coding. In this paper, we show that constant-rank codes are closely related to constant-dimension codes and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2008-05-07 Maximilien Gadouleau , Zhiyuan Yan

The code equivalence problem is central in coding theory and cryptography. While classical invariants are effective for Hamming and rank metrics, the sum-rank metric, which unifies both, introduces new challenges. This paper introduces new…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Paolo Santonastaso , Ferdinando Zullo

Polymatroids are combinatorial abstractions of subspace arrangements in the same way that matroids are combinatorial abstractions of hyperplane arrangements. By introducing augmented Chow rings of polymatroids, modeled after augmented…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2023-09-01 Christopher Eur , Matt Larson

This paper investigates packing and covering properties of codes with the rank metric. First, we investigate packing properties of rank metric codes. Then, we study sphere covering properties of rank metric codes, derive bounds on their…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2008-05-07 Maximilien Gadouleau , Zhiyuan Yan

In the theory of classical matroids, there are several known equivalent axiomatic systems that define a matroid, which are described as matroid cryptomorphisms. A q-matroid is a q-analogue of a matroid where subspaces play the role of the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-07-22 Eimear Byrne , Michela Ceria , Relinde Jurrius

A theory of single-element extensions of integer polymatroids analogous to that of matroids is developed. We present an algorithm to generate a catalog of $2$-polymatroids, up to isomorphism. When we implemented this algorithm on a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-07-22 Thomas J. Savitsky

In this paper, we introduce a new family of codes relevent for rank and sum-rank metrics. These codes are based on an effective Chinese remainders theorem for linearized polynomials over finite fields. We propose a decoding algorithm for…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2025-05-22 Philippe Gaborit , Camille Garnier , Olivier Ruatta

In this paper, a link between polymatroid theory and locally repairable codes (LRCs) is established. The codes considered here are completely general in that they are subsets of $A^n$, where $A$ is an arbitrary finite set. Three classes of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-10-12 Thomas Westerbäck , Ragnar Freij-Hollanti , Camilla Hollanti

Finite matroids are combinatorial structures that express the concept of linear independence. In 1964, G.-C. Rota conjectured that the coefficients of the "characteristic polynomial" of a matroid $M$, polynomial whose coefficients enumerate…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2023-03-03 Antoine Chambert-Loir

We analyze combinatorial structures which play a central role in determining spectral properties of the volume operator in loop quantum gravity (LQG). These structures encode geometrical information of the embedding of arbitrary valence…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-11-22 Johannes Brunnemann , David Rideout

Rank-metric codes, defined as sets of matrices over a finite field with the rank distance, have gained significant attention due to their applications in network coding and connections to diverse mathematical areas. Initially studied by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-23 Alessandro Neri , Ferdinando Zullo

In the present paper combinatorial identities involving q-dual sequences or polynomials with coefficients q-dual sequences are derived. Further, combinatorial identities for q-binomial coefficients(Gaussian coefficients), q-Stirling numbers…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Sharon J. X. Hou , Jiang Zeng

In this paper we develop the theory of cyclic flats of $q$-matroids. We show that the lattice of cyclic flats, together with their ranks, uniquely determines a $q$-matroid and hence derive a new $q$-cryptomorphism. We introduce the notion…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-02-15 Gianira N. Alfarano , Eimear Byrne

A Q-algebroid is a Lie superalgebroid equipped with a compatible homological vector field and is the infinitesimal object corresponding to a Q-groupoid. We associate to every Q-algebroid a double complex. As a special case, we define the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-03-30 Rajan Amit Mehta

We develop certain combinatorial tools for the study of discriminants of general systems of polynomial equations. Applying these tools in a sequel paper, we completely classify components of such discriminants, generalizing the classical…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-17 Vladislav Pokidkin

We provide a geometric characterization of $k$-dimensional $\mathbb{F}_{q^m}$-linear sum-rank metric codes as tuples of $\mathbb{F}_q$-subspaces of $\mathbb{F}_{q^m}^k$. We then use this characterization to study one-weight codes in the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-12-10 Alessandro Neri , Paolo Santonastaso , Ferdinando Zullo

The interest in $q$-analogs of codes and designs has been increased in the last few years as a consequence of their new application in error-correction for random network coding. There are many interesting theoretical, algebraic, and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-05-28 Tuvi Etzion

Many combinatorial properties of a point set in the plane are determined by the set of possible partitions of the point set by a line. Their essential combinatorial properties are well captured by the axioms of oriented matroids. In fact,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-11-08 Hiroyuki Miyata

An Ingletonian polymatroid satisfies, in addition to the polymatroid axioms, the inequalities of Ingleton (Combin. Math. Appln., 1971). These inequalities are required for a polymatroid to be representable. It is has been an open question…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2009-09-21 Terence Chan , Alex Grant , Doris Kern