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Main Authors: Shi, Minjia, Wang, Xuan, An, Junmin, Kim, Jon-Lark
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.25362
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author Shi, Minjia
Wang, Xuan
An, Junmin
Kim, Jon-Lark
author_facet Shi, Minjia
Wang, Xuan
An, Junmin
Kim, Jon-Lark
contents We study linear codes over Gaussian integers equipped with the Mannheim distance. We develop Mannheim-metric analogues of several classical bounds. We derive an explicit formula for the volume of Mannheim balls, which yields a sphere packing bound and constraints on the parameters of two-error-correcting perfect codes. We prove several other useful bounds, and exhibit families of codes meeting these bounds for some parameters, thereby showing that these bounds are tight. We also discuss self-dual codes over Gaussian integers and obtain upper bounds on their minimum Mannheim distance for certain parameter regions using a Mannheim version of the Macwilliams-type identity. Finally, we present decoding algorithms for codes over Gaussian integer residue rings. We give examples showing that certain errors which are not correctable under the Hamming metric become correctable under the Mannheim metric.
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spellingShingle New bounds for codes over Gaussian integers based on the Mannheim distance
Shi, Minjia
Wang, Xuan
An, Junmin
Kim, Jon-Lark
Information Theory
We study linear codes over Gaussian integers equipped with the Mannheim distance. We develop Mannheim-metric analogues of several classical bounds. We derive an explicit formula for the volume of Mannheim balls, which yields a sphere packing bound and constraints on the parameters of two-error-correcting perfect codes. We prove several other useful bounds, and exhibit families of codes meeting these bounds for some parameters, thereby showing that these bounds are tight. We also discuss self-dual codes over Gaussian integers and obtain upper bounds on their minimum Mannheim distance for certain parameter regions using a Mannheim version of the Macwilliams-type identity. Finally, we present decoding algorithms for codes over Gaussian integer residue rings. We give examples showing that certain errors which are not correctable under the Hamming metric become correctable under the Mannheim metric.
title New bounds for codes over Gaussian integers based on the Mannheim distance
topic Information Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.25362