Self-dual codes over \(\mathbb{Z}_8\) and \(\mathbb{Z}_9\) (Q2383968)

In this paper, the authors study self-dual codes over the rings \(\mathbb{Z}_8\) and \(\mathbb{Z}_9\). Various weights (Hamming, Lee, and Euclidean) and weight enumerators over these rings are defined. The authors describe the groups of invariants for each weight enumerator over the rings. They use the torsion codes over these rings to describe the structure of self-dual codes. Finally, the self-dual codes up to length 8 over \(\mathbb{Z}_8\) and up to length 6 over \(\mathbb{Z}_9\) are classified.