Alphabet-affine 2-neighbour-transitive codes

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contents A code ${\mathcal C}$ is a subset of the vertex set of a Hamming graph $H(n,q)$, and ${\mathcal C}$ is $2$-neighbour-transitive if the automorphism group $G={\rm Aut}({\mathcal C})$ acts transitively on each of the sets ${\mathcal C}$, ${\mathcal C}_1$ and ${\mathcal C}_2$, where ${\mathcal C}_1$ and ${\mathcal C}_2$ are the (non-empty) sets of vertices that are distances $1$ and $2$, respectively, (but no closer) to some element of ${\mathcal C}$. Suppose that ${\mathcal C}$ is a $2$-neighbour-transitive code with minimum distance at least $5$. For $q=2$, all `minimal' such ${\mathcal C}$ have been classified. Moreover, it has previously been shown that a subgroup of the automorphism group of the code induces an affine $2$-transitive group action on the alphabet of the Hamming graph. The main results of this paper are to show that this affine $2$-transitive group must be a subgroup of ${\rm A}Γ{\rm L}_1(q)$ and to provide a number of infinite families of examples of such codes. These examples are described via polynomial algebras related to representations of certain classical groups.
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spellingShingle Alphabet-affine 2-neighbour-transitive codes
Hawtin, Daniel R.
Combinatorics
05E18 (Primary) 20B25, 94B25 (Secondary)
A code ${\mathcal C}$ is a subset of the vertex set of a Hamming graph $H(n,q)$, and ${\mathcal C}$ is $2$-neighbour-transitive if the automorphism group $G={\rm Aut}({\mathcal C})$ acts transitively on each of the sets ${\mathcal C}$, ${\mathcal C}_1$ and ${\mathcal C}_2$, where ${\mathcal C}_1$ and ${\mathcal C}_2$ are the (non-empty) sets of vertices that are distances $1$ and $2$, respectively, (but no closer) to some element of ${\mathcal C}$. Suppose that ${\mathcal C}$ is a $2$-neighbour-transitive code with minimum distance at least $5$. For $q=2$, all `minimal' such ${\mathcal C}$ have been classified. Moreover, it has previously been shown that a subgroup of the automorphism group of the code induces an affine $2$-transitive group action on the alphabet of the Hamming graph. The main results of this paper are to show that this affine $2$-transitive group must be a subgroup of ${\rm A}Γ{\rm L}_1(q)$ and to provide a number of infinite families of examples of such codes. These examples are described via polynomial algebras related to representations of certain classical groups.
title Alphabet-affine 2-neighbour-transitive codes
topic Combinatorics
05E18 (Primary) 20B25, 94B25 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.08351