On the binary codes with parameters of doubly-shortened 1-perfect codes

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Abstract: We show that any binary (n=2m−3,2n−m,3) code C1 is a part of an equitable partition (perfect coloring) C1,C2,C3,C4 of the n-cube with the parameters ((0,1,n−1,0)(1,0,n−1,0)(1,1,n−4,2)(0,0,n−1,1)). Now the possibility to lengthen the code C1 to a 1-perfect code of length n+2 is equivalent to the possibility to split the part C4 into two distance-3 codes or, equivalently, to the biparticity of the graph of distances 1 and 2 of C4. In any case, C1 is uniquely embeddable in a twofold 1-perfect code of length n+2 with some structural restrictions, where by a twofold 1-perfect code we mean that any vertex of the space is within radius 1 from exactly two codewords.


The main consideration of this paper is to address the following problem for which the author gives a partial answer and open perspectives: Whether every \((2^k-3, 2^{2^k-3-k}, 3)\) code is a doubly-shortened 1-perfect code? The author constructs an interesting design `unsplittable twofold Steiner triple system' whose completing to twofold 1-perfect code would mean the negative answer to the main problem. A connection between the main problem and the problem of completing Latin hypercuboids of order 4 (quaternary distance-2 MDS codes) is shown. An equivalent formulation of the main problem in terms of distance-4 codes is also discussed.











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