Nets, -sequences, and algebraic curves over finite fields with many rational points.
New Bounds for the Maximum Size of Ternary Constant Weight Codes
This work was partially supported by the Bulgarian National Science Fund under Grant I–618/96.Optimal ternary constant-weight lexicogarphic codes have been constructed. New bounds for the maximum size of ternary constant-weight codes are obtained. Tables of bounds on A3 (n, d, w) are given for d = 3, 4, 6.
New optimal constant weight codes.
New Upper Bounds for Some Spherical Codes
The maximal cardinality of a code W on the unit sphere in n dimensions with (x, y) ≤ s whenever x, y ∈ W, x 6= y, is denoted by A(n, s). We use two methods for obtaining new upper bounds on A(n, s) for some values of n and s. We find new linear programming bounds by suitable polynomials of degrees which are higher than the degrees of the previously known good polynomials due to Levenshtein [11, 12]. Also we investigate the possibilities for attaining the Levenshtein bounds [11, 12]. In such cases...
Note on an Improvement of the Griesmer Bound for q-ary Linear Codes
Let nq(k, d) denote the smallest value of n for which an [n, k, d]q code exists for given integers k and d with k ≥ 3, 1 ≤ d ≤ q^(k−1) and a prime or a prime power q. The purpose of this note is to show that there exists a series of the functions h3,q, h4,q, ..., hk,q such that nq(k, d) can be expressed.This research was partially supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science under Contract Number 20540129.