Extendability of linear codes over GF(q) with minimum distance d, gcd(d,q)=1 Original Research Article

The relation between the extendability of linear codes over GF(q) having the minimum distance d with gcd(d,q)=1 and blocking sets with respect to lines in the projective space is given. From this geometrical point of view, some new conditions for which such codes are extendable are given.