The prime power conjecture for linear perfect codes in
Let be the root lattice equipped with the metric , and let denote the corresponding metric on . A linear -perfect code is a sublattice whose radius- balls are disjoint and cover the ambient metric space.
Prime power conjecture. There exists a linear -perfect code in , equivalently in , if and only if is a prime power.
Existence when is a prime power follows from the corresponding difference sets, while necessity is open. The claim is equivalent to the prime power conjecture for Abelian planar difference sets.
References
Primary source
Mladen Kovačević, “Sidon Sets, Difference Sets, and Codes in A_n Lattices”, arXiv:1409.5276 (2019).
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