Classification of generalized Hadamard matrices \(H(6,3)\) and quaternary Hermitian self-dual codes of length 18 (Q612960)

Summary: All generalized Hadamard matrices of order 18 over a group of order 3, \(H(6,3)\), are enumerated in two different ways: once, as class regular symmetric \((6,3)\)-nets, or symmetric transversal designs on 54 points and 54 blocks with a group of order 3 acting semi-regularly on points and blocks, and secondly, as collections of full weight vectors in quaternary Hermitian self-dual codes of length 18. The second enumeration is based on the classification of Hermitian self-dual [\textit{C. Suetake}, Des. Codes Cryptography 37, No. 3, 525--528 (2005; Zbl 1142.05312); \textit{M. Harada, C. Lam} and \textit{V. D. Tonchev}, Des. Codes Cryptography 34, No.~1, 71--87 (2005; Zbl 1055.05019)] codes over \(GF(4)\), completed in this paper. It is shown that up to monomial equivalence, there are 85 generalized Hadamard matrices \(H(6,3)\), and 245 inequivalent Hermitian self-dual codes of length 18 over \(GF(4)\).