On cyclic \(\mathbb F_q\)-linear \(\mathbb F_{q^{t}}\)-codes (Q2363733)

Summary: Let \(\mathbb F_q\) denote the finite field of order \(q\) and characteristic \(p\), \(n\) be a positive integer coprime to \(q\) and \(t\geq 2\) be an integer satisfying \(t\not\equiv 1(\mathrm{mod}\, p)\). In this paper, we place a new trace bilinear form on \(\mathbb F_{q^{t}}^n\), which is called the \(\ast\) trace bilinear form and is a generalisation of the trace inner product when \(q = t = 2\) and Hermitian trace inner product when \(q\) is even and \(t = 2\). We observe that it is a non-degenerate, symmetric bilinear form on \(\mathbb F_{q^{t}}^n\) for any prime power \(q\) and is alternating when \(q\) is even. We study dual codes of cyclic \(\mathbb F_q\)-linear \(\mathbb F_{q^{t}}\)-codes of length \(n\) with respect to this bilinear form. We also explicitly determine bases of all the complementary-dual, self-orthogonal and self-dual cyclic \(\mathbb F_q\)-linear \(\mathbb F_{q^{2}}\)-codes of length \(n\), and enumerate all the self-orthogonal and self-dual cyclic \(\mathbb F_q\)-linear \(\mathbb F_{q^{t}}\)-codes of length \(n\). Besides this, by placing ordinary and Hermitian trace inner products on \(\mathbb F_{q^{2}}^n\), we determine bases of all the complementary-dual cyclic \(\mathbb F_q\)-linear \(\mathbb F_{q^{2}}\)-codes of length \(n\).