On contracted codes: An extension of Pless' theorem on codes (Q1911942)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 872588
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On contracted codes: An extension of Pless' theorem on codes
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 872588

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    On contracted codes: An extension of Pless' theorem on codes (English)
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    19 May 1997
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    \textit{V. Pless} proved in [J. Comb. Theory, Ser. A 18, 116-125 (1975; Zbl 0298.94016)]that a symmetry code over GF(3) can be mapped onto a self-orthogonal code of a smaller length. The author extended, based on Higman's algebra homomorphism, V. Pless' result to self-orthogonal codes over GF(2), GF(4), and \(\text{GF}(p^n)\).
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    self-orthogonal code
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