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Lengths of divisible codes -- the missing cases
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- A linear code $C$ over $\mathbb{F}_q$ is called $\Delta$-divisible if the Hamming weights $\operatorname{wt}(c)$ of all codewords $c \in C$ are divisible by $\Delta$. The possible effective lengths of $q^r$-divisible codes have been completely characterized for each prime power $q$ and each non-negative integer $r$. The study of $\Delta$ divisible codes was initiated by Harold Ward. If $c$ divides $\Delta$ but is coprime to $q$, then each $\Delta$-divisible code $C$ over $\F_q$ is the $c$-fold repetition of a $\Delta/c$-divisible code. Here we determine the possible effective lengths of $p^r$-divisible codes over finite fields of characteristic $p$, where $p\in\mathbb{N}$ but $p^r$ is not a power of the field size, i.e., the missing cases.<br />Comment: 11 pages, 1 table
- Subjects :
- Mathematics - Combinatorics
Computer Science - Information Theory
51E23, 05B40)
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- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.2311.01947
- Document Type :
- Working Paper