{"title":"Binary Codes From Subset Inclusion Matrices","authors":"Alexey D. Marin, Ivan Yu. Mogilnykh","doi":"10.1002/jcd.22012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcd.22012","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In this paper, we study the minimum distances of binary linear codes with parity check matrices formed from subset inclusion matrices <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 \u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <msub>\u0000 <mi>W</mi>\u0000 \u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>t</mi>\u0000 \u0000 <mo>,</mo>\u0000 \u0000 <mi>n</mi>\u0000 \u0000 <mo>,</mo>\u0000 \u0000 <mi>k</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </msub>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </semantics></math>, representing <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 \u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>t</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </semantics></math>-element subsets versus <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 \u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>k</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </semantics></math>-element subsets of an <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 \u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>n</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </semantics></math>-element set. We provide both lower and upper bounds on the minimum distances of these codes and determine the exact values for any <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 \u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>t</mi>\u0000 \u0000 <mo>≤</mo>\u0000 \u0000 <mn>3</mn>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </semantics></math> and sufficiently large <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 \u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>n</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </semantics></math>. Our study combines design and integer linear programming techniques. The codes we consider are connected to LDPC codes and combinatorial designs. Furthermore, we construct quasi-cyclic LDPC codes from inclusion matrices that exhibit performance comparable to or slightly better than MacKay-type codes when evaluated using bit flipping and min-sum algorithms.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":15389,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Combinatorial Designs","volume":"34 2","pages":"87-103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145779423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Block-Transitive Automorphism Groups of 2-\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 (\u0000 \u0000 v\u0000 ,\u0000 5\u0000 ,\u0000 λ\u0000 \u0000 )\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Designs","authors":"Chuhan Lei, Xiaoqin Zhan","doi":"10.1002/jcd.22010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcd.22010","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This paper investigates 2-<span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 \u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mo>(</mo>\u0000 \u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>v</mi>\u0000 \u0000 <mo>,</mo>\u0000 \u0000 <mn>5</mn>\u0000 \u0000 <mo>,</mo>\u0000 \u0000 <mi>λ</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 \u0000 <mo>)</mo>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </semantics></math> designs <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 \u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>D</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </semantics></math> admitting a block-transitive automorphism group <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 \u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>G</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </semantics></math>. We first prove that if <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 \u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>G</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </semantics></math> is point-imprimitive, then <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 \u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>v</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </semantics></math> must be one of 16, 21, or 81. We further provide a complete classification of all such designs for <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 \u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>v</mi>\u0000 \u0000 <mo>=</mo>\u0000 \u0000 <mn>16</mn>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </semantics></math> and <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 \u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mn>21</mn>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </semantics></math>. Second, we demonstrate that if <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 \u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>G</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </semantics></math> is point-primitive, then it must be of affine type, almost simple type, or product type. Additionally, we present a classification of pairs <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 \u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":15389,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Combinatorial Designs","volume":"34 2","pages":"53-68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145779427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}