Bounds for binary codes of length less than 25

Improved bounds for A(n,d), the maximum number of codewords in a (linear or nonlinear) binary code of word length n and minimum distance d, and for A (n&u), the maximum number of binary vectors of length n, distance d, and constant weight w in the range n 5 24 and d 5 10 are presented. Some of the new values are A (9,4) = 20 (which was previously believed to follow from the results of Wax), A (13,6) = 32 (which proves that the Nadler code is optimal), A (17,8) = 36 or 37, and A (21,8) = 512. The upper bounds on A (n,d) are found with the help of linear programming, making use of the values of A(n,d,w).