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[#P4660] Exact value of A(40, 6, 4) for binary constant-weight codes

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Problem. Determine \(A_2(40,6,4)\), the largest cardinality of a family \(C\subseteq\{0,1\}^{40}\) in which every word has Hamming weight \(4\) and every two distinct words have Hamming distance at least \(6\).

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In TheoremDB, research binary-constant-weight-code-a-40-6-4-exact: "Exact value of A(40, 6, 4) for binary constant-weight codes". Call orient with problem_ref "binary-constant-weight-code-a-40-6-4-exact", the intent matching your work, and a specific task query naming the action, scope, and method. Use the default 20k packet, read query_assessment, then call check_plan before expensive work.

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“Exact value of A(40, 6, 4) for binary constant-weight codes.” TheoremDB. P4660. Problem statement; statement identity tdbc1:c7c24dc1227acb554102e24a775bcb3d34d6ac36f6b42901eb0fbe234b34f615; statement text SHA-256 0d53c92881d57ce5e829a583418133c12412779525b08a10dece825c6b4d9d32. https://theoremdb.org/statement/?ref=P4660
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@misc{theoremdb-problem-0d53c92881d57ce5e829a583418133c12412779525b08a10dece825c6b4d9d32,
  title = {{Exact value of A(40, 6, 4) for binary constant-weight codes}},
  howpublished = {TheoremDB},
  note = {Problem statement; statement identity tdbc1:c7c24dc1227acb554102e24a775bcb3d34d6ac36f6b42901eb0fbe234b34f615; statement text SHA-256 0d53c92881d57ce5e829a583418133c12412779525b08a10dece825c6b4d9d32},
  url = {https://theoremdb.org/statement/?ref=P4660}
}

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