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I pick a set of random strings $S$ of length $L$ over an $P$-letter alphabet. These strings are 'random' in the sense that every character is chosen with uniform random probability over the characters in the alphabet (each character would have a probability of $\frac{1}{P}$ of being chosen).

Let $H(k)$ be the union of $S$ and the set of strings within Hamming distance $k$ of any string in $S$. What are the tightest known bounds for the size of $H(k)$?

We could, for example, generate an upper-bound by assuming that the sets of strings within a Hamming distance $k$ of each element in $S$ are disjoint (and there are similarly obvious lower-bounds), but can we do any better? I would also be happy with some good probabilistic bounds, and I'm particularly interested in a small binary or ternary alphabet.

I pick a set of random strings $S$ of length $L$ over an $P$-letter alphabet. These strings are 'random' in the sense that every character is chosen with uniform random probability over the characters in the alphabet (each character would have a probability of $\frac{1}{P}$ of being chosen).

Let $H(k)$ be the union of $S$ and the set of strings within Hamming distance $k$ of any string in $S$. What are the tightest known bounds for the size of $H(k)$?

I pick a set of random strings $S$ of length $L$ over an $P$-letter alphabet. These strings are 'random' in the sense that every character is chosen with uniform random probability over the characters in the alphabet (each character would have a probability of $\frac{1}{P}$ of being chosen).

Let $H(k)$ be the union of $S$ and the set of strings within Hamming distance $k$ of any string in $S$. What are the tightest known bounds for the size of $H(k)$?

We could, for example, generate an upper-bound by assuming that the sets of strings within a Hamming distance $k$ of each element in $S$ are disjoint (and there are similarly obvious lower-bounds), but can we do any better? I would also be happy with some good probabilistic bounds, and I'm particularly interested in a small binary or ternary alphabet.

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Bounds on the size of a set of strings over an arbitrary alphabet within a fixed Hamming distance of one-another

I pick a set of random strings $S$ of length $L$ over an $P$-letter alphabet. These strings are 'random' in the sense that every character is chosen with uniform random probability over the characters in the alphabet (each character would have a probability of $\frac{1}{P}$ of being chosen).

Let $H(k)$ be the union of $S$ and the set of strings within Hamming distance $k$ of any string in $S$. What are the tightest known bounds for the size of $H(k)$?