New sufficient conditions for the extendability of quaternary linear codes (Q938759)

Let \(\mathbb{F}_{q}\) be a finite field of characteristic \(p\) with \(q=p^{r}\) elements, and \({ \text C}\) a linear non-degenerate \([n,k,d]_{q}\)-code of length \(n\) with dimension \(k\) whose minimum Hamming distance is \(d\). The code obtained by deleting the same coordinate from each codeword of \({ \text C}\) is called a \({\text punctured}\) \({\text code}\) of \({ \text C}\). If there exists a linear \([n+1, k, d+1]_{q}\)-code \({ \text C'}\) which gives \({ \text C}\) as a punctured code then \({ \text C}\) is called \({\text extendable}\) (to \({ \text C'}\)) and \({ \text C'}\) is an \({ \text extension}\) of \({ \text C}\). It is well known [see, \textit{R.Hill}, A first course in coding theory. Oxford Applied Mathematics and Computing Science Series. Oxford: Clarendon Press. (1986; Zbl 0616.94006)] that \([n,k,d]_{2}\)-codes with \(d\) odd are always extendable. For an \([n,k,d]_{4}\)-code \({ \text C}\) with \(d\) odd, let \(A_{i}\) be the number of codewords of \({ \text C}\) with weight \(i\). Then the diversity of \({ \text C}\) is defined as the \(3\)-tuple \(( \Phi_{0}, \Phi_{1}, \Phi_{2})\) with \[ \Phi_{0}= \frac{1}{3} \sum_{{i>0} \atop {i \equiv 0 ( \bmod\,4)}}A_{i}, \] \[ \Phi_{j}= \frac{1}{3} \sum_{i \equiv -j ( \bmod\,4)} A_{i} \quad { \text{for}} \quad j=1,2 \quad {\text{when}} \quad d \equiv 1 ( \bmod\, 4), \] \[ \Phi_{j}= \frac{1}{3} \sum_{i \equiv j ( \bmod\,4)} A_{i} \quad { \text{for}} \quad j \equiv 1,2 \quad { \text{when}} \quad d \equiv 3 ( \bmod\,4). \] The authors prove that an \([n,k,d]_{4}\)-code with \(k \geq 3\) and \(d \equiv 1 (\bmod\,2)\) is extendable if \( \Phi_{0}+ \Phi_{2}= \theta_{k-2}+2 \times 4^{k-2}\) or \( \Phi_{0}= \theta_{k-4}\), where \( \theta_{j}=(4^{j}-1)/3\). Next, for the case when \(k=3\), the authors show that \( \text C\) is extendable if \(( \Phi_{0}, \Phi_{1}, \Phi_{2}) \notin \{(6,1,3), (6,3,3), (2,3,7) \}\). Finally, if \[ ( \Phi_{0}, \Phi_{1}, \Phi_{2}) \in \{(6,1,3), (6,3,3), (2,3,7) \}, \] the authors give some geometric necessary and sufficient conditions for the non-extendability of \( \text C\).