306 research outputs found
Commutative association schemes
Association schemes were originally introduced by Bose and his co-workers in
the design of statistical experiments. Since that point of inception, the
concept has proved useful in the study of group actions, in algebraic graph
theory, in algebraic coding theory, and in areas as far afield as knot theory
and numerical integration. This branch of the theory, viewed in this collection
of surveys as the "commutative case," has seen significant activity in the last
few decades. The goal of the present survey is to discuss the most important
new developments in several directions, including Gelfand pairs, cometric
association schemes, Delsarte Theory, spin models and the semidefinite
programming technique. The narrative follows a thread through this list of
topics, this being the contrast between combinatorial symmetry and
group-theoretic symmetry, culminating in Schrijver's SDP bound for binary codes
(based on group actions) and its connection to the Terwilliger algebra (based
on combinatorial symmetry). We propose this new role of the Terwilliger algebra
in Delsarte Theory as a central topic for future work.Comment: 36 page
On the binary codes with parameters of triply-shortened 1-perfect codes
We study properties of binary codes with parameters close to the parameters
of 1-perfect codes. An arbitrary binary code ,
i.e., a code with parameters of a triply-shortened extended Hamming code, is a
cell of an equitable partition of the -cube into six cells. An arbitrary
binary code , i.e., a code with parameters of a
triply-shortened Hamming code, is a cell of an equitable family (but not a
partition) from six cells. As a corollary, the codes and are completely
semiregular; i.e., the weight distribution of such a code depends only on the
minimal and maximal codeword weights and the code parameters. Moreover, if
is self-complementary, then it is completely regular. As an intermediate
result, we prove, in terms of distance distributions, a general criterion for a
partition of the vertices of a graph (from rather general class of graphs,
including the distance-regular graphs) to be equitable. Keywords: 1-perfect
code; triply-shortened 1-perfect code; equitable partition; perfect coloring;
weight distribution; distance distributionComment: 12 page
Two-dimensional FDTD model of antipodal ELF propagation and schumann resonance of the earth
pre-printThis letter reports the initial application of the finitedifference time-domain (FDTD) method to model extremely lowfrequency (ELF) propagation around the entire Earth. Periodic boundary conditions are used in conjunction with a variable-cell two-dimensional TM FDTD grid, which wraps around the complete Earth sphere. The model is verified by numerical studies of antipodal propagation and the Schumann resonance. This model may be significant because it points the way toward direct threedimensional FDTD calculation of round-the-world ELF propagation, accounting for arbitrary horizontal as well as vertical geometrical and electrical inhomogeneities of the ionosphere, continents, and oceans
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