Grassmannian codes from paired difference sets

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Abstract: An equiangular tight frame (ETF) is a sequence of vectors in a Hilbert space that achieves equality in the Welch bound and so has minimal coherence. More generally, an equichordal tight fusion frame (ECTFF) is a sequence of equi-dimensional subspaces of a Hilbert space that achieves equality in Conway, Hardin and Sloane's simplex bound. Every ECTFF is a type of optimal Grassmannian code, that is, an optimal packing of equi-dimensional subspaces of a Hilbert space. We construct ECTFFs by exploiting new relationships between known ETFs. Harmonic ETFs equate to difference sets for finite abelian groups. We say that a difference set for such a group is "paired" with a difference set for its Pontryagin dual when the corresponding subsequence of its harmonic ETF happens to be an ETF for its span. We show that every such pair yields an ECTFF. We moreover construct an infinite family of paired difference sets using quadratic forms over the field of two elements. Together this yields two infinite families of real ECTFFs.


In this paper, the authors construct equichordal tight fusion frames (abbreviated ECTFF) by exploiting new relationships between known equiangular tight frames (abbreviated ETF). Also, paired difference sets for finite abelian groups are defined using the concept of the tightness of a frame. Indeed, a difference set for a finite abelian group is paired with a difference set for its Pontryagin dual when the corresponding subsequence of its harmonic ETF happens to be an ETF for its span. It is also shown that a harmonic ETF that arises from such a pair contains many overlapping, unitarily equivalent copies of a smaller ETF and the spans of these copies form an ECTFF. Moreover, the authors exploit quadratic forms over the field of two elements to construct an infinite family of paired difference sets and two infinite families of real ECTFFs. Finally, some open problems concerning the existence of paired difference sets are presented.



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