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Radon-Hurwitz Grassmannian codes, which are a type of optimal code in a Grassmannian, can be fully characterized when the dimension of the subspaces is exactly one-half of that of the ambient space. These codes possess a high degree of symmetry.
Abstract
The content discusses the characterization and symmetry properties of Radon-Hurwitz Grassmannian codes, which are a type of optimal code in a Grassmannian.
Key highlights:
Radon-Hurwitz Grassmannian codes, or EITFFF(2r, r, n), are equi-isoclinic tight fusion frames where the dimension of the subspaces is exactly one-half of that of the ambient space.
The existence of such codes is characterized by the Radon-Hurwitz number, which gives the maximum dimension of a subspace in Fr×r where every member is a scaled unitary. Specifically, an EITFFF(2r, r, n) exists if and only if n ≤ ρF(r) + 2, where ρF(r) is the Radon-Hurwitz number.
The isometries of Radon-Hurwitz Grassmannian codes can be fully characterized and shown to have a specific structure involving Radon-Hurwitz spaces and simplices.
Radon-Hurwitz Grassmannian codes possess a high degree of symmetry, and many of them are shown to have total or alternating symmetry.
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"Every equi-isoclinic tight fusion frame (EITFF) is a type of optimal code in a Grassmannian, consisting of subspaces of a finite-dimensional Hilbert space for which the smallest principal angle between any pair of them is as large as possible."
"By refining classical arguments of Lemmens and Seidel that rely upon Radon–Hurwitz theory, we fully characterize EITFFs in the special case where the dimension of the subspaces is exactly one-half of that of the ambient space."
"We moreover show that each such "Radon–Hurwitz EITFF" is highly symmetric."