A Note on Skew Cyclic Codes over a Class of Rings

Abstract

We study skew cyclic codes over a class of rings [Formula: see text], where each [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] is a finite field. We prove that a skew cyclic code of arbitrary length over R is equivalent to either a usual cyclic code or a quasi-cyclic code over R. Moreover, we discuss possible extension of our results in the more general setting of [Formula: see text]-dual skew constacyclic codes over R, where δR is an automorphism of R.