Toric surface codes and the periodicity of polytopes

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Main Authors: Gibbs, Amelia, Hogan, Eliza, Jabbusch, Kelly, Plute, Jenna, Toloczko, Nicholas
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author Gibbs, Amelia
Hogan, Eliza
Jabbusch, Kelly
Plute, Jenna
Toloczko, Nicholas
author_facet Gibbs, Amelia
Hogan, Eliza
Jabbusch, Kelly
Plute, Jenna
Toloczko, Nicholas
contents Toric codes are error-correcting codes that are derived from toric varieties, which hold a unique correspondence to integral convex polytopes. In this paper, we focus on integral convex polytopes $P \subseteq \mathbb{R}^2$ and the toric codes they define. We begin by studying period-1 polytopes -- polytopes satisfying the property $L(tP)$ = $tL(P)$ for all $t \in \mathbb{Z}^+$, where $tP$ is the $t$-dilate of $P$, and we prove an explicit formula for the minimum distance of toric codes associated to a particular class of period-1 polytopes. We also apply the methods of Little and Schwarz, using Vandermonde matrices, to compute the minimum distance of another class of period-1 polytopes.
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spellingShingle Toric surface codes and the periodicity of polytopes
Gibbs, Amelia
Hogan, Eliza
Jabbusch, Kelly
Plute, Jenna
Toloczko, Nicholas
Algebraic Geometry
Combinatorics
94B27 (Primary), 52B20, 14M25
Toric codes are error-correcting codes that are derived from toric varieties, which hold a unique correspondence to integral convex polytopes. In this paper, we focus on integral convex polytopes $P \subseteq \mathbb{R}^2$ and the toric codes they define. We begin by studying period-1 polytopes -- polytopes satisfying the property $L(tP)$ = $tL(P)$ for all $t \in \mathbb{Z}^+$, where $tP$ is the $t$-dilate of $P$, and we prove an explicit formula for the minimum distance of toric codes associated to a particular class of period-1 polytopes. We also apply the methods of Little and Schwarz, using Vandermonde matrices, to compute the minimum distance of another class of period-1 polytopes.
title Toric surface codes and the periodicity of polytopes
topic Algebraic Geometry
Combinatorics
94B27 (Primary), 52B20, 14M25
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21178