Skew Arcs and Wagner’s \( [ 23, 14,5] \) code

Michelle Davidson1, Lynn Batten2
1Department of Mathematics University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba CANADA R3T 2N2
2School of Information Technology Deakin University 221 Burwood Highway Burwood 3125 AUSTRALIA

Abstract

In 1966, Wagner used computational search methods to construct a \([23,14,5]\) code. This code has been examined with much interest since that time, in hopes of finding a geometric construction and possible code extensions. In this article, we give a simple geometric construction for Wagner’s code and consider extensions of this construction.