The Average Dimension of the Hermitian Hull of Constayclic Codes over Finite Fields

Abstract

The hulls of linear and cyclic codes have been extensively studied due to their wide applications. In this paper, the average dimension of the Hermitian hull of constacyclic codes of length $n$ over a finite field $\mathbb{F}_{q^2}$ is determined together with some upper and lower bounds. It turns out that either the average dimension of the Hermitian hull of constacyclic codes of length $n$ over $\mathbb{F}_{q^2}$ is zero or it grows the same rate as $n$. Comparison to the average dimension of the Euclidean hull of cyclic codes is discussed as well.