• DocumentCode
    936500
  • Title

    Divisors of codeword weights

  • Author

    Ward, Harold N.

  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1983
  • fDate
    5/1/1983 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    337
  • Lastpage
    342
  • Abstract
    The exponent of a nonzero linear code over a finite field of characteristic p is the exponent in the highest power of p dividing the weights of all the codewords. If the code is a right ideal in a group algebra the exponent is related to invariant multilinear forms on the code. This expository paper presents recent results obtained from that relation, extending earlier work of Delsarte and McEliece.
  • Keywords
    Linear coding; Algebra; Error correction; Error correction codes; Filling; Galois fields; Intersymbol interference; Linear code; Mathematics; Retirement; Upper bound;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9448
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIT.1983.1056674
  • Filename
    1056674