On self-dual double circulant codes

Self-dual double circulant codes of odd dimension are shown to be dihedral in even characteristic and consta-dihedral in odd characteristic. Exact counting formulae are derived for them and used to show they contain families of codes with relative distance satisfying a modified Gilbert-Varshamov bound.Comment: 8 page

One-Generator Quasi-Abelian Codes Revisited

The class of 1-generator quasi-abelian codes over finite fields is revisited. Alternative and explicit characterization and enumeration of such codes are given. An algorithm to find all 1-generator quasi-abelian codes is provided. Two 1-generator quasi-abelian codes whose minimum distances are improved from Grassl's online table are presented