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Abstract:Locally recoverable codes (LRCs) are classical error-correcting codes widely used in large-scale distributed and cloud storage systems. Quantum locally recoverable codes of locality $(r,\delta)$ (quantum $(r,\delta)$-LRCs) are the quantum counterpart of classical $(r,\delta)$-LRCs. They allow us to correct erasures at several positions using a trace-preserving quantum operation acting on qudits of a larger set of positions. Quantum $(r,\delta)$-LRCs, $\mathcal{Q}(\mathcal{C})$, can be constructed from classical Euclidean (or Hermitian) dual-containing codes $\mathcal{C}$, and their recovery abilities are upper bounded by the minimum distance of the Euclidean (or Hermitian) dual of those codes. Parameters and localities of pure quantum $(r,\delta)$-LRCs satisfy a Singleton-like bound; codes attaining equality are referred to as optimal.
We consider matrix-product codes (MPCs) $\mathcal{C}$ and give constituent (or defining) matrices and conditions on the constituent codes such that the codes $\mathcal{C}$ satisfy the conditions to provide quantum $(r,\delta)$-LRCs. As a consequence, we are able to determine their locality and parameters. Furthermore, we determine families of optimal pure quantum $(r,\delta)$-LRCs derived from them.

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From: Diego Ruano [view email]
[v1] Tue, 24 Oct 2023 10:27:25 UTC (18 KB)
[v2] Tue, 5 Aug 2025 09:20:19 UTC (29 KB)
[v3] Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:10:34 UTC (31 KB)