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On two-dimensional minimal linear codes over the rings $\mathbb{Z}_{p^n}$

Information Theory 2024-03-05 v2 Commutative Algebra math.IT

Abstract

In this paper we study two dimensional minimal linear code over the ring Zpn\mathbb{Z}_{p^n}(where pp is prime). We show that if the generator matrix GG of the two dimensional linear code MM contains pn+pn1p^n+p^{n-1} column vector of the following type {\scriptsize{ul1(10)u_{l_1}\begin{pmatrix} 1\\ 0 \end{pmatrix}, ul2(01)u_{l_2}\begin{pmatrix} 0\\1 \end{pmatrix}, ul3(1u1)u_{l_3}\begin{pmatrix} 1\\u_1 \end{pmatrix}, ul4(1u2)u_{l_4}\begin{pmatrix} 1\\u_2 \end{pmatrix},...,ulpnpn1+2(1upnpn1)u_{l_{p^n-p^{n-1}+2}} \begin{pmatrix} 1\\u_{p^n-p^{n-1}} \end{pmatrix}, ulpnpn1+3(d11)u_{l_{p^n-p^{n-1}+3}}\begin{pmatrix} d_1 \\ 1 \end{pmatrix}, ulpnpn1+4(d21)u_{l_{p^n-p^{n-1}+4}}\begin{pmatrix} d_2\\ 1 \end{pmatrix},..., ulpn+1(dpn111)u_{l_{p^n+1}}\begin{pmatrix} d_{p^{n-1}-1}\\1 \end{pmatrix}, ulpn+2(1d1)u_{l_{p^n+2}}\begin{pmatrix} 1\\d_1 \end{pmatrix}, ulpn+3(1d2)u_{l_{p^n+3}}\begin{pmatrix} 1\\d_2 \end{pmatrix},...,ulpn+pn1(1dpn11)u_{l_{p^n+p^{n-1}}}\begin{pmatrix} 1 \\d_{p^{n-1}-1} \end{pmatrix}}}, where uiu_i and djd_j are distinct units and zero divisors respectively in the ring Zpn\mathbb{Z}_{p^n} for 1ipn+pn11\leq i \leq p^n+p^{n-1}, 1jpn111\leq j \leq p^{n-1}-1 and additionally, denote uliu_{l_i} as units in Zpn\mathbb{Z}_{p^n}, then the module generated by GG is a minimal linear code. Also we show that if any one column vector of the above types are not present entirely in GG, then the generated module is not a minimal linear code.

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@article{arxiv.2312.15954,
  title  = {On two-dimensional minimal linear codes over the rings $\mathbb{Z}_{p^n}$},
  author = {Biplab Chatterjee and Ratnesh Kumar Mishra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.15954},
  year   = {2024}
}
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