Ternary constant weight codes.
We prove the nonexistence of [g3(6, d), 6, d]3 codes for d = 86, 87, 88, where g3(k, d) = ∑⌈d/3i⌉ and i=0 ... k−1. This determines n3(6, d) for d = 86, 87, 88, where nq(k, d) is the minimum length n for which an [n, k, d]q code exists.
In this paper, we prove the nonexistence of arcs with parameters (232, 48) and (233, 48) in PG(4,5). This rules out the existence of linear codes with parameters [232,5,184] and [233,5,185] over the field with five elements and improves two instances in the recent tables by Maruta, Shinohara and Kikui of optimal codes of dimension 5 over F5.
We study the functional codes defined on a projective algebraic variety , in the case where is a non-degenerate Hermitian surface. We first give some bounds for , which are better than the ones known. We compute the number of codewords reaching the second weight. We also estimate the third weight, show the geometrical structure of the codewords reaching this third weight and compute their number. The paper ends with a conjecture on the fourth weight and the fifth weight of the code .