Mass formulae for Euclidean self-orthogonal and self-dual codes over finite commutative chain rings (Q2219942)

Let \(\mathcal{R}_e\) be a finite commutative chain ring with the nilpotency index \(e\geq 2\) and having odd characteristic. Mass formulae for all Euclidean self-orthogonal and self-dual codes of an arbitrary length \(n\) over the chain ring \(\mathcal{R}_2\) are shown, as well as mass formulae for all Euclidean self-orthogonal and self-dual codes of an arbitrary length \(n\) over the chain ring \(\mathcal{R}_3\). The authors establish necessary and sufficient conditions for a linear code of length \(n\) over \(R_e\) to be Euclidean self-orthogonal and to be Euclidean self-dual and further derive a recurrence relation between the mass formula for Euclidean self-orthogonal (resp. self-dual) codes of the type \(\{k_1, k_2,\ldots, k_e\}\) and length \(n\) over \(\mathcal{R}_e\) and the mass formula for Euclidean self-orthogonal (resp. self-dual) codes of the type \(\{k_1+k_2, k_3,\ldots, k_{e-1}\}\) and of the same length \(n\) over \(\mathcal{R}_{e-2}.\) This is done by providing a recursive method to construct a Euclidean self-orthogonal (resp. self-dual) code of the type \(\{k_1, k_2,\ldots, k_e\}\) and length \(n\) over \(\mathcal{R}_e\) from a Euclidean self-orthogonal (resp. self-dual) code of the type \(\{k_1+k_2, k_3,\ldots,k_{e-1}\}\) and of the same length \(n\) over \(\mathcal{R}_{e-2}\) and vice versa, where \(e\geq 4\) is an integer and \(k_1, k_2,\ldots, k_e\) are non-negative integers satisfying \(k_1 + k_2 + \dots+ k_e\leq n.\) Using this recurrence relation and mass formulae for all Euclidean self-orthogonal and self-dual codes over \(\mathcal{R}_2\) and \(\mathcal{R}_3\), explicit mass formulae for all Euclidean self-orthogonal and self-dual codes of an arbitrary length \(n\) over the chain ring \(\mathcal{R}_e\) with the nilpotency index \(e\geq 4\) are obtained. By applying the classification algorithm and using the mass formulae obtained earlier in the paper, all Euclidean self-orthogonal and Euclidean self-dual codes of lengths \(2, 3, 4, 5\) over the chain ring \(\mathbb{F}_5[u]/\langle u^2\rangle\) and of lengths \(2, 3, 4\) over the chain ring \(\mathbb{F}_7[u]/\langle u^2\rangle\) are classified.