Additive semisimple multivariable codes over \(\mathbb{F}_4\) (Q2391668)

Additive codes over the field over order 4 are codes which are a subgroup of the ambient space. These codes have applications to quantum computing. The authors study additive multivariable codes in this setting which are a generalization of cyclic codes. Specifically, they study codes which are ideals in the ring \(F_4 [x_1,x_2,\dots,x_r] / \langle t_1(x_1),t_2(x_2), \dots, t_r(x_r) \rangle\). Using the semisimple structure of the ring, they give the structure of these codes in the case where the polynomials have no repeated roots. The structure of abelian codes, namely those where \(t_i(x_i) = x_i^{n_i}-1\) are also described. Additionally, they characterize the non-trivial abelian semisimple codes that are self-dual.