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A new method for solving the equation $x^d+(x+1)^d=b$ in $\mathbb{F}_{q^4}$ where $d=q^3+q^2+q-1$

Number Theory 2023-05-19 v1 Information Theory math.IT

Abstract

In this paper, we give a new method answer to a recent conjecture proposed by Budaghyan, Calderini, Carlet, Davidova and Kaleyski about the equation xd+(x+1)d=bx^d+(x+1)^d=b in Fq4\mathbb{F}_{q^4}, where nn is a positive integer, q=2nq=2^n and d=q3+q2+q1d=q^3+q^2+q-1. In particular, we directly determine the differential spectrum of this power function xdx^d using methods different from those in the literature. Compared with the methods in the literature, our method is more direct and simple.

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@article{arxiv.2305.10671,
  title  = {A new method for solving the equation $x^d+(x+1)^d=b$ in $\mathbb{F}_{q^4}$ where $d=q^3+q^2+q-1$},
  author = {Liqin Qian and Minjia Shi and Wei Lu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.10671},
  year   = {2023}
}