Self-Dual Codes

Self-Dual Codes

A self-dual code C is a subset of R^n where R is any ring such that C=C* where C* is the orthogonal under some inner product. Initially, people were interested in binary sefl-dual codes. They had applications to design theory (they were used in the proof of the non-existence of the projective plane of order 10) and lattice theory (they can be used to build unimodular lattices). For an interesting conjecture see my page about the length 72 problem.

Later interest grew in ternary and quatenary papers. More recently self-dual codes over Z_{2k} and other rings has grown.


You can read some of my papers on self-dual codes:


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