Isodual codes over \(\mathbb{Z}_{2k}\) and isodual lattices (Q1840656)

A code is called isodual if it is equivalent to its dual code, and a lattice is called isodual if it is isometric to its dual lattice. The authors investigate a class of isodual codes over \(\mathbb{Z}_{2k}\), the double circulant codes, and use them to construct isodual lattices. Double circulant codes over \(\mathbb{Z}_4\) and \(\mathbb{Z}_6\) are constructed with the highest minimum Euclidean weight among all double circulant codes of length up to 24. The authors describe how isodual lattices can be constructed from isodual codes over \(\mathbb{Z}_{2k}\). In particular, a 22-dimensional isodual lattice with minimum norm 3 and kissing number 2464 is constructed from the double circulant codes over \(\mathbb{Z}_4\) of length 22 and minimum Euclidean weight 12. The automorphism group of this lattice is determined and the lattice is characterized by the properties: it is the unique up to isometry isodual 22-dimensional lattice of minimum norm 3 and containing an integral sublattice of index 2.