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On the existence of some completely regular codes in Hamming graphs

Combinatorics 2023-12-14 v1 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

We solve several first questions in the table of small parameters of completely regular (CR) codes in Hamming graphs H(n,q)H(n,q). The most uplifting result is the existence of a {13,6,1;1,6,9}\{13,6,1;1,6,9\}-CR code in H(n,2)H(n,2), n13n\ge 13. We also establish the non-existence of a {11,4;3,6}\{11,4;3,6\}-code and a {10,3;4,7}\{10,3;4,7\}-code in H(12,2)H(12,2) and H(13,2)H(13,2). A partition of the complement of the quaternary Hamming code of length~55 into 44-cliques is found, which can be used to construct completely regular codes with covering radius 11 by known constructions. Additionally we discuss the parameters {24,21,10;1,4,12}\{24,21,10;1,4,12\} of a putative completely regular code in H(24,2)H(24,2) and show the nonexistence of such a code in H(8,4)H(8,4). Keywords: Hamming graph, equitable partition, completely regular code

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@article{arxiv.2312.08360,
  title  = {On the existence of some completely regular codes in Hamming graphs},
  author = {Denis S. Krotov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.08360},
  year   = {2023}
}
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