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In this paper, a family of six-weight cyclic codes over \(\mathbb {F}_{p}\) whose duals have three zeros is presented, where \(p\) is an odd prime. Furthermore, the weight distributions of these cyclic codes are determined.
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The authors are very grateful to the Editor in Chief, the Associate Editor and the reviewers, for their comments that improved the quality of this paper. This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11071160).
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Liu, Y., Yan, H. & Liu, C. A class of six-weight cyclic codes and their weight distribution. Des. Codes Cryptogr. 77, 1–9 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10623-014-9984-y
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