The complete weight distribution of a subclass of optimal three-weight cyclic codes (Q6159443)

The weight distribution of a linear code is determined on the basis of Hamming weight, under which all the nonzero components of a codeword are regarded as identical. The complete weight distribution of a linear code enumerates the codewords by the number of symbols of each kind contained in each codeword. For this reason, determining the complete weight distribution is more involved problem than obtaining the ordinary weight distribution. In this paper, authors determine the complete weight distribution for the subclass of optimal three-weight cyclic codes. Using exponential sums, they also enlarge the family of optimal five-weight cyclic codes that was studied in [\textit{Z. Heng} et al., IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory 66, No. 11, 6872--6883 (2020; Zbl 1453.94152)].