Use the Brouwer-Zimmermann algorithm to compute code distance

[perlinm]

This should nominally work for classical codes, but it should be possible for quantum codes as well. See discussion.

[perlinm]

Relevant:

• https://arxiv.org/pdf/1603.06757
  • software
  • follow-up work
  • more follow-up work: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2408.10743
• https://repository.gatech.edu/entities/publication/0b220793-c969-4033-a935-bdfd9eb34b3f
• https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.08251

[perlinm]

Short of Brouwer-Zimmerman, the distance of a classical code should also be computable with GAP:

• construct a CheckMatCode
• call MinimumDistance