Duadic and triadic codes over a finite non-chain ring and their Gray images (Q1993388)

Summary: Let \(f(u)\) be a polynomial of degree \(m\), \(m \geq 2\), which splits into distinct linear factors over a finite field \(\mathbb F_q\). Let \(\mathcal{R} = \mathbb{F}_{q}[u] / \langle f(u) \rangle\) be a finite non-chain ring. In this paper, we study duadic codes, their extensions and triadic codes over the ring \(\mathcal{R}\). A Gray map from \(\mathcal{R}^{n}\) to (\(\mathbb{F}_{q}^{m})^{n}\) is defined which preserves self-duality of linear codes. As a consequence, self-dual, isodual, self-orthogonal and complementary dual (LCD) codes over \(\mathbb{F}_{q}\) are constructed. Some examples are also given to illustrate this.