Function-Correcting Codes for Linear and Locally Bounded Functions Over a Finite Chain Ring

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Main Authors: Verma, Gyanendra K., Singh, Abhay Kumar
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author Verma, Gyanendra K.
Singh, Abhay Kumar
author_facet Verma, Gyanendra K.
Singh, Abhay Kumar
contents In this paper, we further extend the study of function-correcting codes in the homogeneous metric over a chain ring $\mathbb{Z}_{2^s}$ for broader classes of functions, namely, locally bounded functions and linear functions, and for weight functions, modular sum functions. e define locally bounded functions in the homogeneous metric over $\mathbb{Z}_{2^s}^k$ and investigate the locality of weight functions. We derive a Plotkin-like bound for irregular homogeneous distance code over $\mathbb{Z}_4$, which improves the existing bound. Using locality properties of functions, we establish upper and lower bounds on the optimal redundancy. We provide several explicit constructions of function-correcting codes for locally bounded functions, weight functions, and weight distribution functions. Using these constructions, we further discuss the tightness of the derived bound. We explicitly derive a Plotkin-like bound for linear function-correcting codes that reduces to the classical Plotkin bound when the linear function is bijective, we further discuss a construction of function-correcting linear codes over $\mathbb{Z}_{2^s}$.
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spellingShingle Function-Correcting Codes for Linear and Locally Bounded Functions Over a Finite Chain Ring
Verma, Gyanendra K.
Singh, Abhay Kumar
Information Theory
In this paper, we further extend the study of function-correcting codes in the homogeneous metric over a chain ring $\mathbb{Z}_{2^s}$ for broader classes of functions, namely, locally bounded functions and linear functions, and for weight functions, modular sum functions. e define locally bounded functions in the homogeneous metric over $\mathbb{Z}_{2^s}^k$ and investigate the locality of weight functions. We derive a Plotkin-like bound for irregular homogeneous distance code over $\mathbb{Z}_4$, which improves the existing bound. Using locality properties of functions, we establish upper and lower bounds on the optimal redundancy. We provide several explicit constructions of function-correcting codes for locally bounded functions, weight functions, and weight distribution functions. Using these constructions, we further discuss the tightness of the derived bound. We explicitly derive a Plotkin-like bound for linear function-correcting codes that reduces to the classical Plotkin bound when the linear function is bijective, we further discuss a construction of function-correcting linear codes over $\mathbb{Z}_{2^s}$.
title Function-Correcting Codes for Linear and Locally Bounded Functions Over a Finite Chain Ring
topic Information Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.14471