On some properties of self-reciprocal polynomials (Corresp.)

Self-reciprocal polynomials (SRP's) are used to generate reversible codes with a read backward property. We characterize all the irreducible SRP's of a given degree
r
. Furthermore, a method of obtaining a maximal exponent SRP is presented. A short table lists the maximal exponents of SRP's of degree up to
r = 34
.