Generalized bent Boolean functions and strongly regular Cayley graphs

In this paper we define the (edge-weighted) Cayley graph associated to a generalized Boolean function, introduce a notion of strong regularity and give several of its properties. We show some connections between this concept and generalized bent functions (gbent), that is, functions with flat Walsh-Hadamard spectrum. In particular, we find a complete characterization of quartic gbent functions in terms of the strong regularity of their associated Cayley graph.Comment: 13 pages, 2 figure

A complete characterization of plateaued Boolean functions in terms of their Cayley graphs

In this paper we find a complete characterization of plateaued Boolean functions in terms of the associated Cayley graphs. Precisely, we show that a Boolean function $f$ is $s$-plateaued (of weight $=2^{(n+s-2)/2}$) if and only if the associated Cayley graph is a complete bipartite graph between the support of $f$ and its complement (hence the graph is strongly regular of parameters $e=0,d=2^{(n+s-2)/2}$). Moreover, a Boolean function $f$ is $s$-plateaued (of weight $\neq 2^{(n+s-2)/2}$) if and only if the associated Cayley graph is strongly $3$-walk-regular (and also strongly $\ell$-walk-regular, for all odd $\ell\geq 3$) with some explicitly given parameters.Comment: 7 pages, 1 figure, Proceedings of Africacrypt 201

Twin bent functions, strongly regular Cayley graphs, and Hurwitz-Radon theory

The real monomial representations of Clifford algebras give rise to two sequences of bent functions. For each of these sequences, the corresponding Cayley graphs are strongly regular graphs, and the corresponding sequences of strongly regular graph parameters coincide. Even so, the corresponding graphs in the two sequences are not isomorphic, except in the first 3 cases. The proof of this non-isomorphism is a simple consequence of a theorem of Radon.Comment: 13 pages. Addressed one reviewer's questions in the Discussion section, including more references. Resubmitted to JACODES Math, with updated affiliation (I am now an Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne

Strongly Regular Graphs Constructed from pp-ary Bent Functions

In this paper, we generalize the construction of strongly regular graphs in [Y. Tan et al., Strongly regular graphs associated with ternary bent functions, J. Combin.Theory Ser. A (2010), 117, 668-682] from ternary bent functions to $p$-ary bent functions, where $p$ is an odd prime. We obtain strongly regular graphs with three types of parameters. Using certain non-quadratic $p$-ary bent functions, our constructions can give rise to new strongly regular graphs for small parameters.Comment: to appear in Journal of Algebraic Combinatoric

Some results on uniform mixing on abelian Cayley graphs

In the past few decades, quantum algorithms have become a popular research area of both mathematicians and engineers. Among them, uniform mixing provides a uniform probability distribution of quantum information over time which attracts a special attention. However, there are only a few known examples of graphs which admit uniform mixing. In this paper, a characterization of abelian Cayley graphs having uniform mixing is presented. Some concrete constructions of such graphs are provided. Specifically, for cubelike graphs, it is shown that the Cayley graph ${\rm Cay}(\mathbb{F}_2^{2k};S)$ has uniform mixing if the characteristic function of $S$ is bent. Moreover, a difference-balanced property of the eigenvalues of an abelian Cayley graph having uniform mixing is established. Furthermore, it is proved that an integral abelian Cayley graph exhibits uniform mixing if and only if the underlying group is one of the groups: $\mathbb{Z}_2^d, \mathbb{Z}_3^d$, $\mathbb{Z}_4^d$ or $\mathbb{Z}_2^{r}\otimes \mathbb{Z}_4^d$ for some integers $r \geq 1, d\geq 1$. Thus the classification of integral abelian Cayley graphs having uniform mixing is completed.Comment: 33 page