A generalisation of bent vectors for Butson Hadamard matrices

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Main Authors: Armario, José Andrés, Egan, Ronan, Kharaghani, Hadi, Catháin, Padraig Ó
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author Armario, José Andrés
Egan, Ronan
Kharaghani, Hadi
Catháin, Padraig Ó
author_facet Armario, José Andrés
Egan, Ronan
Kharaghani, Hadi
Catháin, Padraig Ó
contents An $n\times n$ complex matrix $M$ with entries in the $k^{\textrm{th}}$ roots of unity which satisfies $MM^{\ast} = nI_{n}$ is called a Butson Hadamard matrix. While a matrix with entries in the $k^{\textrm{th}}$ roots typically does not have an eigenvector with entries in the same set, such vectors and their generalisations turn out to have multiple applications. A bent vector for $M$ satisfies $M{\bf x} = λ{\bf y}$ where ${\bf x}$ has entries in the $k^{\textrm{th}}$ roots of unity and all entries of $\textbf{y}$ are complex numbers of norm $1$. Such a bent vector ${\bf x}$ is self-dual if ${\bf y} = μ{\bf x}$ and conjugate self-dual if ${\bf y} = μ\overline{\bf x}$ for some $μ$ of norm $1$. Using techniques from algebraic number theory, we prove some order conditions and non-existence results for self-dual and conjugate self-dual bent vectors; using tensor constructions and Bush-type matrices we give explicit examples. We conclude with an application to the covering radius of certain non-linear codes generalising the Reed Muller codes.
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spellingShingle A generalisation of bent vectors for Butson Hadamard matrices
Armario, José Andrés
Egan, Ronan
Kharaghani, Hadi
Catháin, Padraig Ó
Combinatorics
Information Theory
05B20, 94B25, 94A60
An $n\times n$ complex matrix $M$ with entries in the $k^{\textrm{th}}$ roots of unity which satisfies $MM^{\ast} = nI_{n}$ is called a Butson Hadamard matrix. While a matrix with entries in the $k^{\textrm{th}}$ roots typically does not have an eigenvector with entries in the same set, such vectors and their generalisations turn out to have multiple applications. A bent vector for $M$ satisfies $M{\bf x} = λ{\bf y}$ where ${\bf x}$ has entries in the $k^{\textrm{th}}$ roots of unity and all entries of $\textbf{y}$ are complex numbers of norm $1$. Such a bent vector ${\bf x}$ is self-dual if ${\bf y} = μ{\bf x}$ and conjugate self-dual if ${\bf y} = μ\overline{\bf x}$ for some $μ$ of norm $1$. Using techniques from algebraic number theory, we prove some order conditions and non-existence results for self-dual and conjugate self-dual bent vectors; using tensor constructions and Bush-type matrices we give explicit examples. We conclude with an application to the covering radius of certain non-linear codes generalising the Reed Muller codes.
title A generalisation of bent vectors for Butson Hadamard matrices
topic Combinatorics
Information Theory
05B20, 94B25, 94A60
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.16579