New extremal binary self-dual codes of length 68 via short kharaghani array over f_2 + uf_2

In this work, new construction methods for self-dual codes are given. The methods use the short Kharaghani array and a variation of it. These are applicable to any commutative Frobenius ring. We apply the constructions over the ring F_2 + uF_2 and self-dual Type I [64, 32, 12]_2-codes with various weight enumerators obtained as Gray images. By the use of an extension theorem for self-dual codes we were able to construct 27 new extremal binary self-dual codes of length 68. The existence of the extremal binary self-dual codes with these weight enumerators was previously unknown.Comment: 10 pages, 5 table

New extremal binary self-dual codes of length 68

In this correspondence, we consider quadratic double and bordered double circulant construction methods over the ring R := F_2 + uF_2 + u^2F_2, where u^3 = 1. Among other examples, extremal binary self-dual codes of length 66 are obtained by these constructions. These are extended by using extension theorems for self-dual codes and as a result 8 new extremal binary self-dual codes of length 68 are obtained. More precisely, codes with beta=117, 120, 133 in W68;1 and with gamma = 1, beta=49, 57, 59 and codes with gamma=2, beta=69, 81 in W68;2 are constructed for the ?first time in the literature. In addition to these, some known such codes are reconstructed via this extension. The results are tabulated