Evaluation codes from linear systems of conics

Abstract

The Datta-Johnsen code is an evaluation code where the linear combinations of elementary symmetric polynomials are evaluated on the set of all points with pairwise distinct coordinates in an affine space of dimension $\ge 2$ over a finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$. A generalization is obtained by taking a low dimensional linear system of symmetric polynomials. The odd characteristic case was the subject of a recent paper. Here, the even characteristic case is investigated.