# we-solve research prompt: Math-2105, An asymmetric packing code of radius R is a set of binary n-words so that no binary n-word can be reached from more than

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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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% UnsolvedMath ID 3100075; source catalogue code AMR-030-0075
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\section*{An asymmetric packing code of radius R is a set of binary n-words so that no binary n-word can be reached from more than}\label{3100075}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 3100075 · AMR-030-0075 · Combinatorics · AMR Open Problem Lists}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
For $x\in\{0,1\}^n$ and an integer $R\ge0$, let
\[
 B_R^+(x)=\{y\in\{0,1\}^n:x_i\le y_i\text{ for all }i,
                              \ d_H(x,y)\le R\}.
\]
Thus a channel output is formed by changing at most $R$ zeroes
to ones, without any change in the opposite direction.
An asymmetric packing code is a set $C\subseteq\{0,1\}^n$ whose
upward balls are pairwise disjoint:
\[
             B_R^+(x)\cap B_R^+(x')=\varnothing
                       \qquad(x,x'\in C,\ x\ne x').
\]
Define $A^+(n,R)$ as the largest size of such a code.
Determine this maximum, especially its sharp growth for fixed
$R$ and $n\to\infty$.

Pairwise disjointness means that every possible received word
has at most one codeword that could have produced it with the
allowed errors; it does not require every word to be reachable.
Equivalently, two distinct codewords $x,x'$ cannot both have at
most $R$ ones outside the other's support. Indeed, their
coordinatewise union is the smallest possible common output.
This gives a concrete pairwise feasibility criterion for codes.

The objective is maximization under disjointness. The word
``covering'' in the last sentence of the collected source is a
slip: the preceding definition and this entry concern packing.
\subsection{Short English statement}
Determine the largest binary code whose upward asymmetric radius-R balls are pairwise disjoint.
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 3100075 (AMR-030-0075), AMR Open Problem Lists. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] Cooper - Combinatorial Problems I Like (2020 snapshot), Words and Codes, source-order bullet 75. Original source indexed by AMR-030-0075.
\url{https://people.math.sc.edu/cooper/combprob.html}.
\end{itemize}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AMR-030-0075

## Earlier contributions (quoted titles and claims; read them before repeating work)
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## Output template (paste the filled template into the submission form)
Problem: TOP-3100075
Title:
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