Reversible complement cyclic codes over ℤ4+uℤ4+vℤ4 for DNA computing.

In this paper, we develop a theory for constructing cyclic codes of odd length over the ring R = ℤ 4 + u ℤ 4 + v ℤ 4 , where u 2 = v 2 = u v = v u = 0 , which plays an important role in DNA computing. A direct link between the elements of R and the 6 4 codons used in the amino acids of the living organisms is established. Then, we investigate reversible cyclic codes and reversible complement cyclic codes of odd length over R. Moreover, we give some properties of binary images of the codons under the Gray map. Finally, two examples of cyclic codes over R with their minimum Hamming distance will be studied as well. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]