Several new infinite families of NMDS codes with arbitrary dimensions supporting $t$-designs

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Main Authors: Zhang, Yaozong, Zheng, Dabin, Wang, Xiaoqiang, Lu, Wei
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author Zhang, Yaozong
Zheng, Dabin
Wang, Xiaoqiang
Lu, Wei
author_facet Zhang, Yaozong
Zheng, Dabin
Wang, Xiaoqiang
Lu, Wei
contents Near maximum distance separable (NMDS) codes, where both the code and its dual are almost maximum distance separable, play pivotal roles in combinatorial design theory and cryptographic applications. Despite progress in fixed dimensions (e.g., dimension 4 codes by Ding and Tang \cite{Ding2020}), constructing NMDS codes with arbitrary dimensions supporting $t$-designs ($t\geq 2$) has remained open. In this paper, we construct two infinite families of NMDS codes over $\mathbb{F}_q$ for any prime power $q$ with flexible dimensions and determine their weight distributions. Further, two additional families with arbitrary dimensions over $\mathbb{F}_{2^m}$ supporting $2$-designs and $3$-designs, and their weight distributions are obtained. Our results fully generalize prior fixed-dimension works~\cite{DingY2024,Heng2023,Heng20231,Xu2022}, and affirmatively settle the Heng-Wang conjecture \cite{Heng2023} on the existence of NMDS codes with flexible parameters supporting $2$-designs.
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spellingShingle Several new infinite families of NMDS codes with arbitrary dimensions supporting $t$-designs
Zhang, Yaozong
Zheng, Dabin
Wang, Xiaoqiang
Lu, Wei
Information Theory
Near maximum distance separable (NMDS) codes, where both the code and its dual are almost maximum distance separable, play pivotal roles in combinatorial design theory and cryptographic applications. Despite progress in fixed dimensions (e.g., dimension 4 codes by Ding and Tang \cite{Ding2020}), constructing NMDS codes with arbitrary dimensions supporting $t$-designs ($t\geq 2$) has remained open. In this paper, we construct two infinite families of NMDS codes over $\mathbb{F}_q$ for any prime power $q$ with flexible dimensions and determine their weight distributions. Further, two additional families with arbitrary dimensions over $\mathbb{F}_{2^m}$ supporting $2$-designs and $3$-designs, and their weight distributions are obtained. Our results fully generalize prior fixed-dimension works~\cite{DingY2024,Heng2023,Heng20231,Xu2022}, and affirmatively settle the Heng-Wang conjecture \cite{Heng2023} on the existence of NMDS codes with flexible parameters supporting $2$-designs.
title Several new infinite families of NMDS codes with arbitrary dimensions supporting $t$-designs
topic Information Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.06546