Self-dual abelian codes in some nonprincipal ideal group algebras (Q1793734)

Summary: The main focus of this paper is the complete enumeration of self-dual abelian codes in nonprincipal ideal group algebras \(\mathbb{F}_{2^k} [A \times \mathbb{Z}_2 \times \mathbb{Z}_{2^s}]\) with respect to both the Euclidean and Hermitian inner products, where \(k\) and \(s\) are positive integers and \(A\) is an abelian group of odd order. Based on the well-known characterization of Euclidean and Hermitian self-dual abelian codes, we show that such enumeration can be obtained in terms of a suitable product of the number of cyclic codes, the number of Euclidean self-dual cyclic codes, and the number of Hermitian self-dual cyclic codes of length \(2^s\) over some Galois extensions of the ring \(\mathbb{F}_{2^k} + u \mathbb{F}_{2^k}\), where \(u^2 = 0\). Subsequently, general results on the characterization and enumeration of cyclic codes and self-dual codes of length \(p^s\) over \(\mathbb{F}_{p^k} + u \mathbb{F}_{p^k}\) are given. Combining these results, the complete enumeration of self-dual abelian codes in \(\mathbb{F}_{2^k} [A \times \mathbb{Z}_2 \times \mathbb{Z}_{2^s}]\) is therefore obtained.