Golomb–Welch conjecture on perfect Lee codes

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Let Aqn\mathcal A_q^n be the ambient Lee-metric space, and let a perfect (n,M,d)q(n,M,d)_q-Lee code be a Lee code with MM codewords whose packing and covering radii coincide. Golomb–Welch conjecture. If dd is odd, then there exist no perfect (n,M,d)q(n,M,d)_q-Lee codes for

n≥3,q≥d≥5.n\geq 3,\qquad q\geq d\geq 5.

The conjecture concerns the existence of perfect tilings by Lee-metric balls and has been studied since Golomb and Welch's formulation. The source gives no resolution, so the conjecture remains open.

References

Primary source

Aida Abiad, Alessandro Neri and Luuk Reijnders, “Eigenvalue bounds for the distance-t chromatic number of a graph and their application to Lee codes”, arXiv:2404.14839 (2024).

Additional references

8 papers in this index state this conjecture (2011–2024). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2212.12212, arXiv:1808.08520, arXiv:1802.04608, arXiv:1701.08412, arXiv:1603.00051, arXiv:1206.4436, arXiv:1109.3475.

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