Transform domain characterization of cyclic codes over \(\mathbb{Z}_ m\) (Q1328436)

Cyclic codes with symbols from a residue class integer ring \(Z_ m\) are characterized in terms of the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) of codewords defined over an appropriate extension ring of \(Z_ m\). It is shown that a cyclic code of length \(n\) over \(Z_ m\), \(n\) relatively prime to \(m\), consists of \(n\)-tuples over \(Z_ m\) having a specified set of DFT coefficients from the elements of an ideal of a subring of the extension ring. When \(m\) is equal to a product of distinct primes every cyclic code over \(Z_ m\) has an idempotent generator and it is shown that the idempotent generators can be easily identified in the transform domain. The dual code pairs over \(Z_ m\) are characterized in the transform domain for cyclic codes. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of self-dual codes over \(Z_ m\) are obtained and nonexistence of self-dual codes for certain values of \(m\) is proved.