Cyclic codes of length $n$ over finite chain rings

Abstract

In this paper, the cyclic codes of length $n$, where $n$ is odd with certain restrictions, over a finite chain ring $R$, have been studied using the structure of group algebra approach. The primitive idempotents of $RG$ of a finite cyclic group $G$ have been determined, and then the number of codewords and the minimum weight corresponding to a cyclic code have been computed.