%0 Journal Article %A Jing Li and Xiuli Li %D 2017 %J International Journal of Mathematical and Computational Sciences %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 125, 2017 %T Skew Cyclic Codes over Fq+uFq+…+uk-1Fq %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10007567 %V 125 %X This paper studies a special class of linear codes, called skew cyclic codes, over the ring R= Fq+uFq+…+uk-1Fq, where q is a prime power. A Gray map ɸ from R to Fq and a Gray map ɸ' from Rn to Fnq are defined, as well as an automorphism Θ over R. It is proved that the images of skew cyclic codes over R under map ɸ' and Θ are cyclic codes over Fq, and they still keep the dual relation. %P 211 - 214