Perfect tilings of binary spaces

Gerard Cohen*, Simon Litsyn, Alexander Vardy, Gilles Zemor

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Abstract

We study partitions of the space F2n of all the binary-n-tuples-into disjoint sets, such that each set is an additive coset of a given set V. Such a partition is called a perfect tiling of F2n and denoted (V,A), where A is the set of coset representatives. A sufficient condition for a set V to be a tile is given in terms of the cardinality of V + V. A perfect tiling (V,A) is said to be proper if V generates F2n. We show that the classification of perfect tilings can be reduced to the study of proper perfect tilings. We then prove that each proper perfect tiling is uniquely associated with a perfect binary code. A construction of proper perfect tilings from perfect binary codes is presented. Furthermore, we introduce a class of perfect tilings obtained by iterating a simple recursive construction. Finally, we generalize the well-known Lloyd theorem, originally stated for tilings by spheres, for the case of arbitrary perfect tilings.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 1993 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory
PublisherPubl by IEEE
Pages370
Number of pages1
ISBN (Print)0780308786
StatePublished - 1993
Externally publishedYes
EventProceedings of the 1993 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - San Antonio, TX, USA
Duration: 17 Jan 199322 Jan 1993

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 1993 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the 1993 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory
CitySan Antonio, TX, USA
Period17/01/9322/01/93

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