Generalized Hamming weights and equivalences of codes (Q813793)

From MaRDI portal
scientific article
Language Label Description Also known as
English
Generalized Hamming weights and equivalences of codes
scientific article

    Statements

    Generalized Hamming weights and equivalences of codes (English)
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    13 February 2006
    0 references
    The authors generalize a theorem of MacWilliams that says that any isometry of linear codes over a finite field is a monomial equivalence (i.e., it is induced by the product of a permutation matrix and a diagonal matrix with nonzero diagonal entries). The main theorem proved by the authors shows that any linear isomorphism between two linear \([n,k]\)-codes over a finite field that preserves Hamming \(t\)-weight (for some \(t\) with \(0<t<k\)) is a monomial equivalence.
    0 references
    0 references
    equivalences
    0 references
    generalized Hamming weights
    0 references
    isometries
    0 references