Equivalences among Z2s -linear Hadamard codes

The Z2s -additive codes are subgroups of Z2s n, and can be seen as a generalization of linear codes over Z2 and Z4. A Z2s -linear Hadamard code is a binary Hadamard code which is the Gray map image of a Z2s -additive code. A partial classification of these codes by using the dimension of the kernel...

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Autores: Fernández Córdoba, Cristina|||0000-0001-5880-144X, Vela, Carlos|||0000-0003-3362-8817, Villanueva, M|||0000-0001-6179-0833
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:239897
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/239897
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.disc.2019.111721
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Classification
Gray map
Hadamard code
Kernel
Rank
Z-additive code
Theoretical Computer Science
Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
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Sumario:The Z2s -additive codes are subgroups of Z2s n, and can be seen as a generalization of linear codes over Z2 and Z4. A Z2s -linear Hadamard code is a binary Hadamard code which is the Gray map image of a Z2s -additive code. A partial classification of these codes by using the dimension of the kernel is known. In this paper, we establish that some Z2s -linear Hadamard codes of length 2t are equivalent, once t is fixed. This allows us to improve the known upper bounds for the number of such nonequivalent codes. Moreover, up to t=11, this new upper bound coincides with a known lower bound (based on the rank and dimension of the kernel). Finally, when we focus on s∈{2,3}, the full classification of the Z2s -linear Hadamard codes of length 2t is established by giving the exact number of such codes.