\(3_{21}\) polytope code[1]
Also known as Hess polytope code, Hesse polytope code, 7-ic semi-regular figure code.
Description
Spherical \((7,56,1/3)\) code whose codewords are the vertices of the \(3_{21}\) real polytope (a.k.a. the Hess polytope). The vertices form the kissing configuration of the Witting polytope code. The code is optimal and unique up to equivalence [2–4]. Antipodal pairs of points correspond to the 28 bitangent lines of a general quartic plane curve [5–8].
A representation of the codewords consists of all seven permutations of the eight vectors \((\pm 1,0,\pm 1,\pm 1,0,0,0)\).
Parents
- Polytope code
- Spherical sharp configuration — The \(3_{21}\) polytope code is a sharp configuration [7,9].
- Spherical design — The \(3_{21}\) polytope code forms a 5-design [2][3; Ch. 14].
Cousins
- Witting polytope code — \(3_{21}\) polytope codewords form the kissing configuration of the Witting polytope code; see Ref. [7].
- \(E_7\) lattice-shell code — \(3_{21}\) polytope codewords form the minimal lattice-shell code of the \(E_7^{\perp}\) lattice [10].
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- Victor V. Albert (2022-11-28) — most recent
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“\(3_{21}\) polytope code”, The Error Correction Zoo (V. V. Albert & P. Faist, eds.), 2022. https://errorcorrectionzoo.org/c/hess_polytope