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On the support designs of extremal binary doubly even self-dual codes

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Let \(D\) be the support design of the minimum weight of an extremal binary doubly even self-dual \([24m,12m,4m+4]\) code. In this note, we consider the case when \(D\) becomes a \(t\)-design with \(t \ge 6\).

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This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 22840003, 24740031.

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Horiguchi, N., Miezaki, T. & Nakasora, H. On the support designs of extremal binary doubly even self-dual codes. Des. Codes Cryptogr. 72, 529–537 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10623-012-9782-3

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