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Check Character Systems Using Chevalley Groups

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We show that the Sylow 2-subgroups of nearly all Chevalley groups in even characteristic allow the definition of a check-character-system which detects all single and the most important double errors.

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  1. Mathematisches Institut, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 3, D-14195, Berlin

    Claudia Broecker & Ralph-Hardo Schulz

  2. Fachbereich Mathematik and Informatik, Institut für Algebra and Geometrie, Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle-Wittenberg, D-06099, Halle

    Gernot Stroth

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Broecker, C., Schulz, RH. & Stroth, G. Check Character Systems Using Chevalley Groups. Designs, Codes and Cryptography 10, 137–143 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008236218824

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