Papers by Alexander Davydov
Let [ ] denote a linear code over with length , codimension , and covering radius . We use a modi... more Let [ ] denote a linear code over with length , codimension , and covering radius . We use a modification of constructions of [2 +1 2 3] 2 and [3 +1 3 5] 3 codes ( 5) to produce infinite families of good codes with covering radius 2 and 3 and codimension .
Information Theory, IEEE …, 1994
In the projective space PG(3, q), we consider the orbits of lines under the stabilizer group of t... more In the projective space PG(3, q), we consider the orbits of lines under the stabilizer group of the twisted cubic. In the literature, lines of PG(3, q) are partitioned into classes, each of which is a union of line orbits. In this paper, all classes of lines consisting of a unique orbit are found. For the remaining line types, with one exception, it is proved that they consist exactly of two or three orbits; sizes and structures of these orbits are determined. Also, the subgroups of the stabilizer group of the twisted cubic fixing lines of the orbits are obtained. Problems which remain open for one type of lines are formulated and, for 5 ≤ q ≤ 37 and q = 64, a solution is provided.
In the projective space PG(3,q), we consider the orbits of lines under the stabilizer group of th... more In the projective space PG(3,q), we consider the orbits of lines under the stabilizer group of the twisted cubic. It is well known that the lines can be partitioned into classes every of which is a union of line orbits. All types of lines forming a unique orbit are found. For the rest of the line types (apart from one of them) it is proved that they form exactly two or three orbits; sizes and structures of these orbits are determined. Problems remaining open for one type of lines are formulated. For 5≤ q≤37 and q=64, they are solved.
We consider the structure of the plane-line incidence matrix of the projective space PG(3,q) with... more We consider the structure of the plane-line incidence matrix of the projective space PG(3,q) with respect to the orbits of planes and lines under the stabilizer group of the twisted cubic. Structures of submatrices with incidences between a union of line orbits and an orbit of planes are investigated. For the unions consisting of two or three line orbits, the original submatrices are split into new ones, in which the incidences are also considered. For each submatrix (apart from the ones corresponding to a special type of lines), the numbers of lines in every plane and planes through every line are obtained. This corresponds to the numbers of ones in columns and rows of the submatrices.
In the projective space PG(N,q) over the Galois field of order q, N>3, an iterative step-by-st... more In the projective space PG(N,q) over the Galois field of order q, N>3, an iterative step-by-step construction of complete caps by adding a new point on every step is considered. It is proved that uncovered points are evenly placed on the space. A natural conjecture on an estimate of the number of new covered points on every step is done. For a part of the iterative process, this estimate is proved rigorously. Under the conjecture mentioned, new upper bounds on the smallest size t_2(N,q) of a complete cap in PG(N,q) are obtained, in particular, t_2(N,q)<√(q^N+1)/q-1(√((N+1) q)+1)+2 q^N-1/2√((N+1) q), N>3. A connection with the Birthday problem is noted. The effectiveness of the new bounds is illustrated by comparison with sizes of complete caps obtained by computer in wide regions of q.
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In the previous works of the authors, a step-by-step algorithm FOP which uses any fixed order of ... more In the previous works of the authors, a step-by-step algorithm FOP which uses any fixed order of points in the projective plane PG(2,q) is proposed to construct small complete arcs. In each step, the algorithm adds to a current arc the first point in the fixed order not lying on the bisecants of the arc. The algorithm is based on the intuitive postulate that PG(2,q) contains a sufficient number of relatively small complete arcs. Also, in the previous papers, it is shown that the type of order on the points of PG(2,q) is not relevant. A complete lexiarc in PG(2,q) is a complete arc obtained by the algorithm FOP using the lexicographical order of points. In this work, we collect and analyze the sizes of complete lexiarcs in the following regions: & all q<321007, q prime power; & 15 sporadic q's in the interval [323761...430007], see (1.10). In the work [9], the smallest known sizes of complete arcs in PG(2,q) are collected for all q≤160001, q prime power. The sizes of complete ...
The length function ℓ_q(r,R) is the smallest length of a q-ary linear code of codimension (redund... more The length function ℓ_q(r,R) is the smallest length of a q-ary linear code of codimension (redundancy) r and covering radius R. The d-length function ℓ_q(r,R,d) is the smallest length of a q-ary linear code with codimension r, covering radius R, and minimum distance d. By computer search in wide regions of q, we obtained following short codes of covering radius R=3: [n,n-4,5]_q3 quasi-perfect MDS codes, [n,n-5,5]_q3 quasi-perfect Almost MDS codes, and [n,n-5,3]_q3 codes. In computer search, we use the step-by-step leximatrix and inverse leximatrix algorithms to obtain parity check matrices of codes. The new codes imply the following new upper bounds (called lexi-bounds) on the length and d-length functions: ℓ_q(4,3)<ℓ_q(4,3,5)<2.8√(ln q)· q^(4-3)/3=2.8√(ln q)·√(q)=2.8√(qln q) for 11< q<7057; ℓ_q(5,3)<ℓ_q(5,3,5)<3√(ln q)· q^(5-3)/3=3√(ln q)·√(q^2)=3√(q^2ln q) for 37< q<839. Moreover, we improve the lexi-bounds, applying randomized greedy algorithms, and sho...
2017 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT)
We consider the weight spectrum of a class of quasiperfect binary linear codes with code distance... more We consider the weight spectrum of a class of quasiperfect binary linear codes with code distance 4. For example, extended Hamming code and Panchenko code are the known members of this class. Also, it is known that in many cases Panchenko code has the minimal number of weight 4 codewords. We give exact recursive formulas for the weight spectrum of quasi-perfect codes and their dual codes. As an example of application of the weight spectrum we derive a lower estimate for the conditional probability of correction of erasure patterns of high weights (equal to or greater than code distance).
Advances in Mathematics of Communications
The length function \begin{document}$ \ell_q(r,R) $\end{document} is the smallest length of a \be... more The length function \begin{document}$ \ell_q(r,R) $\end{document} is the smallest length of a \begin{document}$ q $\end{document}-ary linear code with codimension (redundancy) \begin{document}$ r $\end{document} and covering radius \begin{document}$ R $\end{document}. In this work, new upper bounds on \begin{document}$ \ell_q(tR+1,R) $\end{document} are obtained in the following forms: \begin{document}$ \begin{equation*} \begin{split} &(a)\; \ell_q(r,R)\le cq^{(r-R)/R}\cdot\sqrt[R]{\ln q},\; R\ge3,\; r = tR+1,\; t\ge1,\\ &\phantom{(a)\; } q\;{\rm{ is \;an\; arbitrary \;prime\; power}},\; c{\rm{ \;is\; independent \;of\; }}q. \end{split} \end{equation*} $\end{document} \begin{document}$ \begin{equation*} \begin{split} &(b)\; \ell_q(r,R)< 3.43Rq^{(r-R)/R}\cdot\sqrt[R]{\ln q},\; R\ge3,\; r = tR+1,\; t\ge1,\\ &\phantom{(b)\; } q\;{\rm{ is \;an\; arbitrary\; prime \;power}},\; q\;{\rm{ is \;large\; enough}}. \end{split} \end{equation*} $\end{document} In the literature, for \begin{doc...
A subset $\mathcal{S}$ of a conic $\mathcal{C}$ in the projective plane $\mathrm{PG}(2,q)$ is cal... more A subset $\mathcal{S}$ of a conic $\mathcal{C}$ in the projective plane $\mathrm{PG}(2,q)$ is called almost complete (AC-subset for short) if it can be extended to a larger arc in $\mathrm{PG}(2,q)$ only by the points of $\mathcal{C}\setminus \mathcal{S}$ and by the nucleus of $\mathcal{C}$ when $q$ is even. New upper bounds on the smallest size $t(q)$ of an AC-subset are obtained, in particular, \begin{align*} t&t(q)<1.835\sqrt{q\ln q}.\end{align*} The new bounds are used to increase regions of pairs $(N,q)$ for which it is proved that every normal rational curve in $\mathrm{PG}(N,q)$ is a complete $(q+1)$-arc or, equivalently, that no $[q+1,N+1,q-N+1]_q$ generalized doubly-extended Reed-Solomon code can be extended to a $[q+2,N+1,q-N+2]_q$ MDS code.
Designs, Codes and Cryptography
Finite Fields and Their Applications
New upper bounds on the smallest size t_{2}(2,q) of a complete arc in the projective plane PG(2,q... more New upper bounds on the smallest size t_{2}(2,q) of a complete arc in the projective plane PG(2,q) are obtained for 853 <= q <= 4561 and q\in T1\cup T2 where T1={173,181,193,229,243,257,271,277,293,343,373,409,443,449,457, 461,463,467,479,487,491,499,529,563,569,571,577,587,593,599,601,607,613,617,619,631, 641,661,673,677,683,691, 709}, T2={4597,4703,4723,4733,4789,4799,4813,4831,5003,5347,5641,5843,6011,8192}. From these new bounds it follows that for q <= 2593 and q=2693,2753, the relation t_{2}(2,q) < 4.5\sqrt{q} holds. Also, for q <= 4561 we have t_{2}(2,q) < 4.75\sqrt{q}. It is showed that for 23 <= q <= 4561 and q\in T2\cup {2^{14},2^{15},2^{18}}, the inequality t_{2}(2,q) < \sqrt{q}ln^{0.75}q is true. Moreover, the results obtained allow us to conjecture that this estimate holds for all q >= 23. The new upper bounds are obtained by finding new small complete arcs with the help of a computer search using randomized greedy algorithms. Also new constructions of complete arcs are proposed. These constructions form families of k-arcs in PG(2,q) containing arcs of all sizes k in a region k_{min} <= k <= k_{max} where k_{min} is of order q/3 or q/4 while k_{max} has order q/2. The completeness of the arcs obtained by the new constructions is proved for q <= 1367 and 2003 <= q <= 2063. There is reason to suppose that the arcs are complete for all q > 1367. New sizes of complete arcs in PG(2,q) are presented for 169 <= q <= 349 and q=1013,2003.
In a projective plane Π _q (not necessarily Desarguesian) of order q, a point subset S is saturat... more In a projective plane Π _q (not necessarily Desarguesian) of order q, a point subset S is saturating (or dense) if any point of Π _q∖ S is collinear with two points in S. Using probabilistic methods, the following upper bound on the smallest size s(2,q) of a saturating set in Π _q is proved: s(2,q)≤ 2√((q+1) (q+1))+2 2√(q q). We also show that for any constant c> 1 a random point set of size k in Π _q with 2c√((q+1)(q+1))+2< k<q^2-1/q+2 q is a saturating set with probability greater than 1-1/(q+1)^2c^2-2. Our probabilistic approach is also applied to multiple saturating sets. A point set S⊂Π_q is (1,μ)-saturating if for every point Q of Π _q∖ S the number of secants of S through Q is at least μ , counted with multiplicity. The multiplicity of a secant ℓ is computed as #(ℓ ∩ S)2. The following upper bound on the smallest size s_μ(2,q) of a (1,μ)-saturating set in Π_q is proved: s_μ(2,q)≤ 2(μ +1)√((q+1) (q+1))+2 2(μ +1)√( q q) for 2≤μ≤√(q). By using inductive constructions, u...
The length function ℓ_q(r,R) is the smallest length of a q -ary linear code of codimension r and ... more The length function ℓ_q(r,R) is the smallest length of a q -ary linear code of codimension r and covering radius R. In this work we obtain new constructive upper bounds on ℓ_q(r,R) for all R>4, r=tR, t>2, and also for all even R>2, r=tR+R/2, t>1. The new bounds are provided by infinite families of new covering codes with fixed R and increasing codimension. The new bounds improve upon the known ones. We propose a general regular construction (called "Line+Ovals") of a minimal ρ-saturating ((ρ+1)q+1)-set in the projective space PG(2ρ+1,q) for all ρ>0. Such a set corresponds to an [Rq+1,Rq+1-2R,3]_qR locally optimal^1 code of covering radius R=ρ+1. Basing on combinatorial properties of these codes regarding to spherical capsules^1, we give constructions for code codimension lifting and obtain infinite families of new surface-covering^1 codes with codimension r=tR, t>2. In addition, we obtain new 1-saturating sets in the projective plane PG(2,q^2) and, basing...
In the projective plane P G(2, q), q ≡ 2 ( mod 3) odd prime power, q ≥ 11, an explicit constructi... more In the projective plane P G(2, q), q ≡ 2 ( mod 3) odd prime power, q ≥ 11, an explicit construction of 1 1 (q + 7)-arcs sharing (q + 3) points with 2 2 an irreducible conic is considered. The construction is based on 3-orbits of some projectivity, called 3-cycles. For every q, variants of the construction give non-equivalent arcs. It allows us to obtain complete 1 (q + 7)-arcs for 2 q ≤ 4523. Moreover, for q = 17, 59 there exist variants that are incomplete arcs. Completing these variants we obtained complete ( 1 (q + 3) + δ)-arcs with 2 δ = 4, q = 17, and δ = 3, q = 59; a description of them as union of some symmetrical objects is given.
Abstract. A computer search in the finite projective spaces PG(n, q) for the spectrum of possible... more Abstract. A computer search in the finite projective spaces PG(n, q) for the spectrum of possible sizes k of complete k-caps is done. Randomized greedy algorithms are applied. New upper bounds on the smallest size of a complete cap are given for many values of n and q. Many new sizes of complete caps are obtained. (2000): 51E21, 51E22, 94B05. Mathematics Subject Classification
In P G(2, q) a point set K is sharply transitive if the collineation group preserving K has a sub... more In P G(2, q) a point set K is sharply transitive if the collineation group preserving K has a subgroup acting on K as a sharply transitive permutation group. By a result of Korchmáros, sharply transitive hyperovals only exist for a few values of q, namely q = 2, 4 and 16. In general, sharply transitive complete arcs of even size in P G(2, q) with q even seem to be sporadic. In this paper, we construct sharply transitive complete 6 ( √ q − 1)arcs for q = 4 2h+1, h ≤ 4. As far as we are concerned, these are the smallest known complete arcs in P G(2, 4 7) and in P G(2, 4 9); also, 42 seems to be a new value of the spectrum of the sizes of complete arcs in P G(2, 4 3). Our construction applies to any q which is an odd power of 4, but the problem of the completeness of the resulting sharply transitive arc remains open for q ≥ 4 11. In the second part of this paper, sharply transitive subsets arising as orbits under a Singer subgroup are considered and their characters, that is the possib...
ArXiv, 2017
In the projective space $\mathrm{PG}(N,q)$ over the Galois field of order $q$, $N\ge3$, an iterat... more In the projective space $\mathrm{PG}(N,q)$ over the Galois field of order $q$, $N\ge3$, an iterative step-by-step construction of complete caps by adding a new point on every step is considered. It is proved that uncovered points are evenly placed on the space. A natural conjecture on an estimate of the number of new covered points on every step is done. For a part of the iterative process, this estimate is proved rigorously. Under the conjecture mentioned, new upper bounds on the smallest size $t_{2}(N,q)$ of a complete cap in $\mathrm{PG}(N,q)$ are obtained, in particular, \begin{align*} t_{2}(N,q)<\frac{\sqrt{q^{N+1}}}{q-1}\left(\sqrt{(N+1)\ln q}+1\right)+2\thicksim q^\frac{N-1}{2}\sqrt{(N+1)\ln q},\quad N\ge3. \end{align*} A connection with the Birthday problem is noted. The effectiveness of the new bounds is illustrated by comparison with sizes of complete caps obtained by computer in wide regions of $q$.
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