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We consider the problem of embedding the even graphical code based on the complete graph on n vertices into a shortening of a Hamming code of length 2m - 1, where m = h(n) should be as small as possible. As it turns out, this problem is equivalent to the existence problem for optimal codes with minimum distance 5, and optimal embeddings can always be realized as graphical codes based on K n . As a consequence, we are able to determine h(n) exactly for all n of the form 2k + 1 and to narrow down the possibilities in general to two or three conceivable values.
The research for this note was done while the first author was visiting the University of Waterloo and the University of Rome, respectively. He thanks his colleagues there for their hospitality and also acknowledges the financial support of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy). The third author acknowledges the support of the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada given under grant #0GP0009258.
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Dedicated to Hanfried Lenz on the occasion of his 80th birthday
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Jungnickel, D., De Resmini, M.J., Vanstone, S.A. (1996). Codes Based on Complete Graphs. In: Jungnickel, D. (eds) Designs and Finite Geometries. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1395-3_11
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