Bounds on sphere sizes in the sum-rank metric and coordinate-additive metrics

IF 1.4 2区数学 Q3 COMPUTER SCIENCE, THEORY & METHODS

Designs, Codes and Cryptography Pub Date : 2025-03-08 DOI:10.1007/s10623-025-01604-0

Hugo Sauerbier Couvée, Thomas Jerkovits, Jessica Bariffi

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Abstract

This paper provides new bounds on the size of spheres in any coordinate-additive metric with a particular focus on improving existing bounds in the sum-rank metric. We derive improved upper and lower bounds based on the entropy of a distribution related to the Boltzmann distribution, which work for any coordinate-additive metric. Additionally, we derive new closed-form upper and lower bounds specifically for the sum-rank metric that outperform existing closed-form bounds.

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Designs, Codes and Cryptography 工程技术-计算机：理论方法

CiteScore

2.80

自引率

12.50%

发文量

157

审稿时长

16.5 months

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