Resumen de Generating constant weight binary codes

D.G. Knight

• The determination of bounds for A(n, d, w), the maximum possible number of binary vectors of length n, weight w, and pairwise Hamming distance no less than d, is a classic problem in coding theory. Such sets of vectors have many applications. A description is given of how the problem can be used in a first-year undergraduate computational mathematics class as a challenging alternative to more traditional problems, and thus provide motivation for programming with loops and arrays, and the investigation of computational efficiency. Some new results, obtained by a fast implementation of a lexicographic approach, are also presented.