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Decomposing generalized bent and hyperbent functions
In this paper we introduce generalized hyperbent functions from to
, and investigate decompositions of generalized (hyper)bent functions.
We show that generalized (hyper)bent functions from to
consist of components which are generalized (hyper)bent functions from
to for some . For odd , we show
that the Boolean functions associated to a generalized bent function form an
affine space of semibent functions. This complements a recent result for even
, where the associated Boolean functions are bent.Comment: 24 page
Octal Bent Generalized Boolean Functions
In this paper we characterize (octal) bent generalized Boolean functions
defined on \BBZ_2^n with values in \BBZ_8. Moreover, we propose several
constructions of such generalized bent functions for both even and odd
Bent functions in the partial spread class generated by linear recurring sequences
We present a construction of partial spread bent functions using subspaces generated by linear recurring sequences (LRS). We first show that the kernels of the linear mappings defined by two LRS have a trivial intersection if and only if their feedback polynomials are relatively prime. Then, we characterize the appropriate parameters for a family of pairwise coprime polynomials to generate a partial spread required for the support of a bent function, showing that such families exist if and only if the degrees of the underlying polynomials are either 1 or 2. We then count the resulting sets of polynomials and prove that, for degree 1, our LRS construction coincides with the Desarguesian partial spread. Finally, we perform a computer search of all PS− and PS+ bent functions of n=8 variables generated by our construction and compute their 2-ranks. The results show that many of these functions defined by polynomials of degree d=2 are not EA-equivalent to any Maiorana–McFarland or Desarguesian partial spread function
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