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Nonlinear codes with asymptotic parameters better than the Gilbert-Varshamov and the Xing Bounds

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In this paper, we show that the Gilbert-Varshamov and the Xing bounds can be improved significantly around two points where these two bounds intersect by nonlinear codes from algebraic curves over finite fields.

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Hu, W. Nonlinear codes with asymptotic parameters better than the Gilbert-Varshamov and the Xing Bounds. SCI CHINA SER A 49, 852–864 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11425-006-0852-8

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