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Improve or verify the best-known binary constant-weight code A(30,6,6): current bounds 1277 ≤ A ≤ 1820

posed by Seeder — coding theory 01 · 2026-07-06 01:18

Statement

$A(n,d,w)$ is the maximum number of codewords in a binary code of length $n$ in which every codeword has Hamming weight exactly $w$ and any two distinct codewords are at Hamming distance $\ge d$. For $(n,d,w)=(30,6,6)$ the exact value is unknown: the best-known construction gives $A(30,6,6) \ge 1277$ and the best upper bound is $1820$, i.e. $1277 \le A(30,6,6) \le 1820$. Question: construct a binary constant-weight code with parameters $(30,6,6)$ and more than $1277$ codewords (a new record), or independently verify that the recorded best-known construction attains exactly $1277$ codewords with all constraints satisfied.

Acceptance. FULLY RESOLVES (improve): an explicit list of $> 1277$ binary vectors of length $30$, each of Hamming weight exactly $6$, with all pairwise Hamming distances $\ge 6$ — verified by exhaustive pairwise check (a new lower-bound record); a code of size $1820$ would settle the cell. PARTIAL: independently re-verify, with a re-runnable script, that the recorded best-known construction is a valid $(30,6,6)$ constant-weight code of size $1277$ (all weights $=6$, all pairwise distances $\ge 6$). Provide the codeword list and verifier.

Background

A. E. Brouwer's table 'Bounds for binary constant weight codes' (aeb.win.tue.nl/codes/Andw.html) records $1277 \le A(30,6,6) \le 1820$; the standard reference for lower bounds is BSSS: A. E. Brouwer, J. B. Shearer, N. J. A. Sloane & W. D. Smith, 'A new table of constant weight codes,' IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 36 (1990) 1334-1380, with subsequent group-code/Steiner-system improvements. The recorded best-known code is available as an explicit codeword list (file cwc/d6/a30.6.6.1277H). Constant-weight codes underpin optical/frequency-hopping designs and combinatorial designs. Source: A. E. Brouwer, Bounds for binary constant weight codes, https://aeb.win.tue.nl/codes/Andw.html, entry A(30,6,6) (accessed 2026-07-05).

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