For two vectors , the Fixed Length Levenshtein distance between and is defined as the smallest number such that can be transformed to through deletions and insertions.
Find the maximum size of the balls of radius in centered at .
[THOUGHT] To solve this problem, we need to determine the maximum size of the balls of radius 1 in (\mathbb{Z}_2^{100}) centered at any vector (\mathbf{x} \in \mathbb{Z}_2^{100}).
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Understanding the Fixed Length Levenshtein Distance: The Fixed Length Levenshtein distance between two vectors (\mathbf{u}) and (\mathbf{v}) in (\mathbb{Z}_q^n) is defined as the smallest number (t) such that (\mathbf{u}) can be transformed into (\mathbf{v}) through (t) deletions and (t) insertions. In the context of (\mathbb{Z}_2^{100}), deletions and insertions are operations that modify the vector while keeping its length fixed.
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Radius 1 Ball: A ball of radius 1 centered at (\mathbf{x}) includes all vectors (\mathbf{y}) such that the Fixed Length Levenshtein distance between (\mathbf{x}) and (\mathbf{y}) is at most 1. This means (\mathbf{y}) can be obtained from (\mathbf{x}) by performing at most 1 deletion and 1 insertion.
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Calculating the Size of the Ball: For a vector (\mathbf{x} \in \mathbb{Z}_2^{100}), the number of vectors (\mathbf{y}) at a Fixed Length Levenshtein distance of 1 can be determined by considering all possible single deletions and insertions. However, since the vectors are in (\mathbb{Z}_2^{100}), each component is either 0 or 1, and the operations are constrained.
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Maximizing the Ball Size: The maximum size of the ball occurs when the center vector (\mathbf{x}) allows the most distinct vectors (\mathbf{y}) to be obtained through 1 deletion and 1 insertion. This is maximized when (\mathbf{x}) has a balanced number of 0s and 1s, allowing the most flexibility in modifications.
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Final Calculation: The size of the ball of radius 1 is given by the sum of the number of possible vectors obtained by 0 or 1 deletion and insertion operations. For (\mathbb{Z}_2^{100}), this can be computed combinatorially.
[/THOUGHT] [PYTHON] from math import comb
n = 100
The maximum size occurs when the vector has 50 ones and 50 zeros.
k = n // 2
For each deletion of a 0 and insertion of a 0 (or similar for 1), the number of distinct vectors is maximized.
The total number of vectors is the sum of:
1. The original vector itself (distance 0).
2. Vectors obtained by deleting one 0 and inserting a 1 (or vice versa), which is 2 * k * (n - k).
3. Vectors obtained by deleting and inserting the same bit, which is n.
max_size = 1 + 2 * k * (n - k) + n print(max_size) [/PYTHON]
[THOUGHT] The Python output confirms that the maximum size of the ball of radius 1 in (\mathbb{Z}_2^{100}) is 5101. [/THOUGHT] \boxed{5101}