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On asymmetric representations of GF(q m) and self-dual codes

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This paper gives an important result on the existence of matrix representations of a finite field which are closed under transposition and not symmetric. A characterization of self-dual codes which areq-ary images of non self-dual codes is given.

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Mouaha, C. On asymmetric representations of GF(q m) and self-dual codes. AAECC 6, 81–87 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01225645

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