DocumentCode
936529
Title
Perfect codes hardly exist
Author
Best, Marc R.
Volume
29
Issue
3
fYear
1983
fDate
5/1/1983 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
349
Lastpage
351
Abstract
The main lines of a partial proof of the "perfect code theorem" are presented. The relevant part refers to the nonexistence of unknown
-perfect codes over arbitrary alphabets for
. The details of the proof can be found in the author\´s Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Amsterdam.
-perfect codes over arbitrary alphabets for
. The details of the proof can be found in the author\´s Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Amsterdam.Keywords
Error-correction coding; Binary codes; Error correction codes; Information theory; Linear code; Polynomials; Retirement; Solids;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9448
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TIT.1983.1056677
Filename
1056677
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