We show that regular homogeneous two-weight Z pk -codes where p is odd and k > 2 with dual Hamming distance at least four do not exist. The proof relies on existence conditions for the strongly regular graph built on the cosets of the dual code.

Let $R$ be a ring and $M$ be a right $R$-module. In this paper, we give some properties of self-cogeneratormodules. If $M$ is self-cogenerator and $S = End_{R}(M)$ is a cononsingular ring, then $M$ is a$mathcal{K}$-module. It is shown that every self-cogenerator Baer is dual Baer.

In ring theory, the notion of annihilator is an important tool for studying the structures. Many characterizations and structure theorems can be derived by using this notion. On the other hand, certain classes of rings (e.g., Baer rings and Rickart rings) are defined by considering annihilators ideals. In the present work, we introduce a class of rings which is close to the class of Rickart rin...

The minus partial order is already known for complex matrices and bounded linear operators on Hilbert spaces. We extend this notion to Rickart rings, and thus we generalize some well-known results.