(1) Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 3, D–14195 Berlin, (Germany);(2) Dipartimento di Matematica ed applicazioni, Universitá di Palermo, Via Archirafi 34, I–90123 Palermo, (Italy)
Abstract:
We show that the automorphism group of a divisible design is isomorphic to a subgroup H of index 1 or 2 in the automorphism group of the associated constant weight code. Only in very special cases H is not the full automorphism group.