The Trifference Problem

A code C is defined to be a set of S words, where a word is a sequence of n entries. We call S the size and n the length of the code. The entries of the code can have k different values, {0, .., (k − 1)}. Define a perfect k-hash code (PHC) as a code with the property that any collection of v words in the code is different at at least one index....