On some properties of random and pseudorandom codes
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We describe some pseudorandom properties of binary linear codes achieving capacity on the binary erasure channel under bit-MAP decoding (as shown in Kudekar et al this includes doubly transitive codes and, in particular, Reed-Muller codes). We show that for all integer q ≥ 2 the ℓ_q norm of the characteristic function of such 'pseudorandom' code decreases as fast as that of any code of the same rate (and equally fast as that of a random code) under the action of the noise operator. In information-theoretic terms this means that the q^th Rényi entropy of this code increases as fast as possible over the binary symmetric channel. In particular (taking q = ∞) this shows that such codes have the smallest asymptotic undetected error probability (equal to that of a random code) over the BSC, for a certain range of parameters. We also study the number of times a certain local pattern, a 'rhombic' 4-tuple of codewords, appears in a linear code, and show that for a certain range of parameters this number for pseudorandom codes is similar to that for a random code.
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