Duality for modules over finite rings and applications to coding theory
Author(s) -
Jay A. Wood
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
american journal of mathematics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.818
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1080-6377
pISSN - 0002-9327
DOI - 10.1353/ajm.1999.0024
Subject(s) - mathematics , duality (order theory) , finite field , ring (chemistry) , pure mathematics , coding (social sciences) , coding theory , discrete mathematics , algebra over a field , chemistry , statistics , organic chemistry
This paper sets a foundation for the study of linear codes over finite rings. The finite Frobenius rings are singled out as the most appropriate for coding theoretic purposes because two classical theorems of MacWilliams, the extension theorem and the MacWilliams identities, generalize from finite fields to finite Frobenius rings. It is over Frobenius rings that certain key identifications can be made between the ring and its complex characters.
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