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Geometry of the Mathieu groups and Golay codes. (English) Zbl 0665.51003

The author studies the projective interpretation of the Golay codes, in particular in relation to Coxeter’s configuration in PG(5,3) and Todd’s configuration in PG(11,2).
Reviewer: D.Jungnickel

MSC:

51E20 Combinatorial structures in finite projective spaces
94B15 Cyclic codes
20D08 Simple groups: sporadic groups
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