A formula on the weight distribution of linear codes with applications to AMDS codes

March 31, 2020 · The Ethereal · 🏛 Finite Fields Their Appl.

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Authors Alessio Meneghetti, Marco Pellegrini, Massimiliano Sala arXiv ID 2003.14063 Category math.CO: Combinatorics Cross-listed cs.DM, cs.IT Citations 5 Venue Finite Fields Their Appl. Last Checked 2 months ago

Abstract

The determination of the weight distribution of linear codes has been a fascinating problem since the very beginning of coding theory. There has been a lot of research on weight enumerators of special cases, such as self-dual codes and codes with small Singleton's defect. We propose a new set of linear relations that must be satisfied by the coefficients of the weight distribution. From these relations we are able to derive known identities (in an easier way) for interesting cases, such as extremal codes, Hermitian codes, MDS and NMDS codes. Moreover, we are able to present for the first time the weight distribution of AMDS codes. We also discuss the link between our results and the Pless equations.