On additive MDS codes with linear projections

Abstract: We support some evidence that a long additive MDS code over a finite field must be equivalent to a linear code. More precisely, let

C

be an

m a t h b b F_{q}

-linear

(n, q^{h k}, n - k + 1)_{q^{h}}

MDS code over

m a t h b b F_{q^{h}}

. If

k = 3

,

h i n 2, 3

,

n > m a x q^{h - 1}, h q - 1 + 3

, and

C

has three coordinates from which its projections are equivalent to linear codes, we prove that

C

itself is equivalent to a linear code. If

k > 3

,

n > q + k

, and there are two disjoint subsets of coordinates whose combined size is at most

k - 2

from which the projections of

C

are equivalent to linear codes, we prove that

C

is equivalent to a code which is linear over a larger field than

m a t h b b F_{q}

.

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