On b-symbol distance, Hamming distance and RT distance of Type 1 λ-constacyclic codes of length 8ps over 픽pm[u]/〈uk〉.

Let λ = λ0 + uλ1 + ⋯ + uk−1λ k−1 be a Type 1 unit in ℜk = 픽pm + u픽pm + ⋯ + uk−1픽 pm(uk = 0), where p is an odd prime, m is a positive integer and λ0,λ1,…,λk−1 ∈ 픽pm,λ0≠0,λ1≠0. In this paper, we give the complete structure of all Type 1 λ-constacyclic codes and their duals of length 8ps over the finite commutative chain ring ℜk in terms of their generator polynomials. Using this structure, we determine the Hamming distance and the Rosenbloom–Tsfasman (RT) distance of all Type 1 λ-constacyclic codes. For pm ≡ 1(mod 4) and a unit λ ∈ ℜ2, we determine the b -symbol distances of all λ-constacyclic codes of length 8ps over ℜ2, where b ≤ 8. As illustrations, we provide several λ-constacyclic codes with new parameters with respect to Hamming, RT and b-symbol metrics. MDS codes are widely recognized for their optimal error-correction capability, and MDS b-symbol codes are generalization of MDS codes. We found some MDS b-symbol constacyclic codes of length 8ps over ℜ2. Additionally, for pm ≡ 1(mod 4), we provide a decoding algorithm for Type 1 constacyclic codes of length 8ps over ℜk with respect to the Hamming, RT and b-symbol metrics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]