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We determine the automorphism groups of the Delsarte-Goethals codesDG(m, d) (m=2t+2≥6, 2≤d≤t). The groups that we obtain are the same as those of the Kerdock codesK(m) of the same length.
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LAMIFA Université de Picardie, France.
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Carlet, C. The automorphism groups of the Delsarte-Goethals codes. Des Codes Crypt 3, 237–249 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01388485
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