Existence of cyclic self-orthogonal codes: a note on a result of Vera Pless (Q394837)

Cyclic codes over finite fields that are self-orthogonal and self-dual have been studied by many authors. It is of interest to know when cyclic self-orthogonal codes of length \(n\) over \(F_q\) do not exist. In this paper, the authors show that the conditions, listed by \textit{V. S. Pless} [Proc. Symp. Appl. Math. 46, 91--104 (1992; Zbl 0774.94008)] are not always sufficient. An example to assert this is given. The authors give the necessary and sufficient conditions under which cyclic self-orthogonal codes of length \(n\) over \(F_q\) do not exist.