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Enumeration of Kerdock codes of length 64

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An algorithm for enumerating Kerdock codes is discussed and used to show that the Kerdock code of length 64 is unique up to equivalence.

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This is one of several papers published in Designs, Codes and Cryptography comprising the “Special Issue on Cryptography, Codes, Designs and Finite Fields: In Memory of Scott A. Vanstone”.

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Phelps, K. Enumeration of Kerdock codes of length 64. Des. Codes Cryptogr. 77, 357–363 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10623-015-0053-y

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