#Jan. 29, 2024 C4.txt
Help:=proc(): print(`Fqn(q,n), HD(u,v), RV(q,n) , RC(q,n,d,K), SPB(q,n,t) `):end:


#Alphabet {0,1,...q-1}, Fqn(q,n): {0,1,...,q-1}^n
Fqn:=proc(q,n) local S,a,v:
option remember:
if n=0 then
 RETURN({[]}):
fi:

S:=Fqn(q,n-1):

{seq(seq([op(v),a],a=0..q-1), v in S)}:

end:

#Def. (n,M,d) q-ary code is a subset of Fqn(q,n) with M elements with
#minimal Hamming Distance d between any two members
#It can detect up to d-1 errors
#
#If d=2*t+1 correct t errors.
#
#
#HD(u,v): The Hamming distance between two words (of the same length)
HD:=proc(u,v) local i,co:
co:=0:
for i from 1 to nops(u) do
  if u[i]<>v[i] then
      co:=co+1:
  fi:
od:
co:
end:

#SPB(q,n,d): The best you can hope for (as far as the size of C) for q-ary (n,2*t+1) code
SPB:=proc(q,n,t) local i:
trunc(q^n/add(binomial(n,i)*(q-1)^i,i=0..t)):
end:


#RV(q,n): A random word of length n in {0,1,..,q-1}
RV:=proc(q,n) local ra,i:
ra:=rand(0..q-1):
[seq( ra(), i=1..n)]:
end:

#RC(q,n,d,K): inputs q,n,d, and K and keeps picking K+1 (thanks to Nuray) random vectors
#whenver the new vector is not distance <=d-1 from all the previous one 
RC:=proc(q,n,d,K) local C,v,i,c:
C:={RV(q,n)}:
for i from 1 to K do
 v:=RV(q,n):
  if min(seq(HD(v,c), c in C))>=d then
   C:=C union {v}:
  fi:
od:
C:
end: