{"title":"Linear codes with few weights over finite fields","authors":"Yan Wang , Jiayi Fan , Nian Li , Fangyuan Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.ffa.2024.102509","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Linear codes with a few weights have wide applications in digital signatures, authentication codes, secret sharing protocols and some other fields. Using definition sets to construct linear codes is an effective method. In this paper, we investigate a new defining set and obtain linear codes with four weights, five weights and six weights over <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>F</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>p</mi></mrow></msub></math></span>, where <em>p</em> is an odd prime number. The parameters and weight distribution of the constructed linear code are completely determined by accurately calculating the exponential sum over the finite field.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50446,"journal":{"name":"Finite Fields and Their Applications","volume":"100 ","pages":"Article 102509"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Finite Fields and Their Applications","FirstCategoryId":"100","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1071579724001485","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MATHEMATICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Linear codes with a few weights have wide applications in digital signatures, authentication codes, secret sharing protocols and some other fields. Using definition sets to construct linear codes is an effective method. In this paper, we investigate a new defining set and obtain linear codes with four weights, five weights and six weights over , where p is an odd prime number. The parameters and weight distribution of the constructed linear code are completely determined by accurately calculating the exponential sum over the finite field.
期刊介绍:
Finite Fields and Their Applications is a peer-reviewed technical journal publishing papers in finite field theory as well as in applications of finite fields. As a result of applications in a wide variety of areas, finite fields are increasingly important in several areas of mathematics, including linear and abstract algebra, number theory and algebraic geometry, as well as in computer science, statistics, information theory, and engineering.
For cohesion, and because so many applications rely on various theoretical properties of finite fields, it is essential that there be a core of high-quality papers on theoretical aspects. In addition, since much of the vitality of the area comes from computational problems, the journal publishes papers on computational aspects of finite fields as well as on algorithms and complexity of finite field-related methods.
The journal also publishes papers in various applications including, but not limited to, algebraic coding theory, cryptology, combinatorial design theory, pseudorandom number generation, and linear recurring sequences. There are other areas of application to be included, but the important point is that finite fields play a nontrivial role in the theory, application, or algorithm.