Abstract: Motivated by high-density storage needs, symbol-pair codes were introduced by Cassuto and Blaum to address channels with overlapping symbol outputs. In this paper, we present a systematic ...

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Abstract: Matrix product codes are generalizations of some well-known classes of codes, including generalized Reed-Muller codes and repeated-root constacyclic codes. Recently, a bound for the minimum ...

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Before there were rainbow flags and pronoun pins, queer folks had to get creative. We couldn't just say it; we had to signal it. So we spoke in colors, flowers, and shapes that carried entire worlds ...

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As a child Mary loved writing in code. As a captive queen, it became essential to her survival. Since childhood, Mary Stuart had enjoyed writing in cipher. Later in life, as Queen of Scots and a ...

In early 2023, three amateur codebreakers announced they had successfully decoded the secret correspondence of one of the most tragic characters in European history: Mary, Queen of Scots. 57 encrypted ...