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Main Authors: Wang, Xiang, Fang, Weijun, Li, Han, Fu, Fang-Wei
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.06503
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author Wang, Xiang
Fang, Weijun
Li, Han
Fu, Fang-Wei
author_facet Wang, Xiang
Fang, Weijun
Li, Han
Fu, Fang-Wei
contents Levenshtein first introduced the sequence reconstruction problem in $2001$. In the realm of combinatorics, the sequence reconstruction problem is equivalent to determining the value of $N(n,d,t)$, which represents the maximum size of the intersection of two metric balls of radius $t$, given that the distance between their centers is at least $d$ and the sequence length is $n$. In this paper, We present a lower bound on $N(n,3,t)$ for $n\geq \max\{13,t+8\}$ and $t \geq 4$. For $t=4$, we prove that this lower bound is tight. This settles an open question posed by Pham, Goyal, and Kiah, confirming that $N(n,3,4)=20n-166$ for all $n \geq 13$.
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spellingShingle Some New Results on Sequence Reconstruction Problem for Deletion Channels
Wang, Xiang
Fang, Weijun
Li, Han
Fu, Fang-Wei
Information Theory
Levenshtein first introduced the sequence reconstruction problem in $2001$. In the realm of combinatorics, the sequence reconstruction problem is equivalent to determining the value of $N(n,d,t)$, which represents the maximum size of the intersection of two metric balls of radius $t$, given that the distance between their centers is at least $d$ and the sequence length is $n$. In this paper, We present a lower bound on $N(n,3,t)$ for $n\geq \max\{13,t+8\}$ and $t \geq 4$. For $t=4$, we prove that this lower bound is tight. This settles an open question posed by Pham, Goyal, and Kiah, confirming that $N(n,3,4)=20n-166$ for all $n \geq 13$.
title Some New Results on Sequence Reconstruction Problem for Deletion Channels
topic Information Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.06503