Divisible minimal codes

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Main Authors: Chubenko, Vladimir, Kurz, Sascha
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author Chubenko, Vladimir
Kurz, Sascha
author_facet Chubenko, Vladimir
Kurz, Sascha
contents Minimal codes are linear codes where all non-zero codewords are minimal, i.e., whose support is not properly contained in the support of another codeword. The minimum possible length of such a $k$-dimensional linear code over $\mathbb{F}_q$ is denoted by $m(k,q)$. Here we determine $m(7,2)$, $m(8,2)$, and $m(9,2)$, as well as full classifications of all codes attaining $m(k,2)$ for $k\le 7$ and those attaining $m(9,2)$. We give improved upper bounds for $m(k,2)$ for all $10\le k\le 17$. It turns out that in many cases the attaining extremal codes have the property that the weights of all codewords are divisible by some constant $Δ>1$. So, here we study the minimum lengths of minimal codes where we additionally assume that the weights of the codewords are divisible by $Δ$. As a byproduct we also give a few binary linear codes improving the best known lower bound for the minimum distance.
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spellingShingle Divisible minimal codes
Chubenko, Vladimir
Kurz, Sascha
Combinatorics
Information Theory
94B05 (51E23)
Minimal codes are linear codes where all non-zero codewords are minimal, i.e., whose support is not properly contained in the support of another codeword. The minimum possible length of such a $k$-dimensional linear code over $\mathbb{F}_q$ is denoted by $m(k,q)$. Here we determine $m(7,2)$, $m(8,2)$, and $m(9,2)$, as well as full classifications of all codes attaining $m(k,2)$ for $k\le 7$ and those attaining $m(9,2)$. We give improved upper bounds for $m(k,2)$ for all $10\le k\le 17$. It turns out that in many cases the attaining extremal codes have the property that the weights of all codewords are divisible by some constant $Δ>1$. So, here we study the minimum lengths of minimal codes where we additionally assume that the weights of the codewords are divisible by $Δ$. As a byproduct we also give a few binary linear codes improving the best known lower bound for the minimum distance.
title Divisible minimal codes
topic Combinatorics
Information Theory
94B05 (51E23)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.00885