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In this paper, we study optimal formally self-dual codes over ?5 and ?7. We determine the highest possible minimum weight for such codes up to length 24. We also construct formally self-dual codes with highest minimum weight, some of which have the highest minimum weight among all known linear codes of corresponding length and dimension. In particular, the first known [14, 7, 7] code over ?7 is presented. We show that there exist formally self-dual codes which have higher minimum weights than any comparable self-dual codes.
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Received: May 18, 1998; revised version: September 4, 1999
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Dougherty, S., Gulliver, T. & Harada, M. Optimal Formally Self-Dual Codes over ?5 and ?7 . AAECC 10, 227–236 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002000050126
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002000050126