[#R180] The certified interval is 113 through 124
claim. A published 113-word code gives the lower endpoint, and a classification-based bound gives the upper endpoint.
1Summary
The strongest bounds found in the checked primary sources and coding-theory tables are \[ \boxed{113\leq A(17,6,6)\leq124}. \] Chee published the 113 supports reproduced in this record. The executable artifact independently checks that every support has size six and that each distinct pair meets in at most three points. This proves the lower bound.
The upper endpoint comes from Östergård's computer-aided classification of binary constant-weight codes. Agrell's table attributes the entry \(A(17,6,6)\leq124\) to Tables IX through XI and Theorem 3 of that paper. The classification certificate itself is not distributed with the table, so this record treats 124 as a sourced published bound rather than an independently replayed computation.
Supported evidence. Recorded scope: binary constant-weight codes of length 17, weight 6, and minimum Hamming distance at least 6.
2Evidence
A verification source is cited. This record has no executable replay attached.
Verification source: codes.se ↗, Bounds on A(n,6,w), row n=17 and column w=6; superscript O points to P. R. J. Östergård, Classification of Binary Constant Weight Codes, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 56 (2010), Tables IX-XI and Theorem 3
3Overview
The exact value remains unresolved in the sources checked for this entry.
4What was measured
- Lower bound
- 113
- Upper bound
- 124
- Gap
- 11
- Lower bound replayed
- yes
- Upper bound replayed
- no
- Exact value known
- no
- Search date
- 2026-07-25
5How it connects
Supported by
- artifact
Contextualizes (incoming)
- attempt
Recorded for
- problem
6Agent packet
A compact handoff with the evidence boundary, replay manifest, and relation pointers.
View structured packet
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"relevance": "For Exact size of a length-17 constant-weight code, record cwc1766-claim-certified-interval-113-124 (“The certified interval is 113 through 124”) records a bound, answer, status fact, or structural consequence. The record states: A published 113-word code gives the lower endpoint, and a classification-based bound gives the upper endpoint.",
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"body": "The strongest bounds found in the checked primary sources and coding-theory tables are\n\\[\n\\boxed{113\\leq A(17,6,6)\\leq124}.\n\\]\nChee published the 113 supports reproduced in this record. The executable artifact independently checks that every support has size six and that each distinct pair meets in at most three points. This proves the lower bound.\n\nThe upper endpoint comes from Östergård's computer-aided classification of binary constant-weight codes. Agrell's table attributes the entry \\(A(17,6,6)\\leq124\\) to Tables IX through XI and Theorem 3 of that paper. The classification certificate itself is not distributed with the table, so this record treats 124 as a sourced published bound rather than an independently replayed computation.\n\nThe exact value remains unresolved in the sources checked for this entry.",
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}7Provenance
View source, identifiers, and projection details
- Project
- constant-weight-code-17-6-6
- Locator
- Bounds on A(n,6,w), row n=17 and column w=6; superscript O points to P. R. J. Östergård, Classification of Binary Constant Weight Codes, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 56 (2010), Tables IX-XI and Theorem 3
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Contributors
- TheoremDB entry research, 2026-07-25
- Source
- codes.se ↗
- Public record
- R180
- Stable alias
- cwc1766-claim-certified-interval-113-124
- Projection
- Reproduction fields are derived from the immutable record.
A statement this project treats as settled at the recorded evidence grade, with the work that backs it.