Abstract
The following is a particular case of a theorem of Delsarte: the weight distribution of a translate of an MDS code is uniquely determined by its firstn−k terms. Here an explicit formula is derived from a completely different approach.
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Bonneau, P.G. Weight distribution of translates of MDS codes. Combinatorica 10, 103–105 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02122700
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