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The linear complexity and the $k$-error linear complexity of a sequence have been used as important security measures for key stream sequence strength in linear feedback shift register design. By studying the linear complexity of binary…
We define a metric on $\mathbb{F}_q^n$ using the linear complexity of finite sequences. We will then develop a coding theory for this metric. We will give a Singleton-like bound and we will give constructions of subspaces of…
The linear complexity and the $k$-error linear complexity of a binary sequence are important security measures for key stream strength. By studying binary sequences with the minimum Hamming weight, a new tool named as hypercube theory is…
A family of quaternary sequences over Z4 is defined based on the Ding-Helleseth generalized cyclotomic classes modulo pq for two distinct odd primes p and q. The linear complexity is determined by computing the defining polynomial of the…
The linear complexity and the $k$-error linear complexity of a sequence have been used as important security measures for key stream sequence strength in linear feedback shift register design. By using the sieve method of combinatorics, the…
We introduce a notion of complexity for systems of linear forms, called sequential Cauchy-Schwarz complexity, which is parametrized by two positive integers $k,\ell$ and refines the notion of Cauchy-Schwarz complexity introduced by Green…
We consider the arithmetic complexity of index sets of uniformly computably enumerable families learnable under different learning criteria. We determine the exact complexity of these sets for the standard notions of finite learning,…
The generalized binary sequences of order 2 have been used to construct good binary cyclic codes [4]. The linear complexity of these sequences has been computed in [2]. The autocorrelation values of such sequences have been determined in…
The Euler quotient modulo an odd-prime power $p^r~(r>1)$ can be uniquely decomposed as a $p$-adic number of the form $$ \frac{u^{(p-1)p^{r-1}} -1}{p^r}\equiv a_0(u)+a_1(u)p+\ldots+a_{r-1}(u)p^{r-1} \pmod {p^r},~ \gcd(u,p)=1, $$ where $0\le…
Let $m\ge 2$ be an integer, $K$ an algebraic number field and $\alpha\in K\setminus \{0,-1\}$ with sufficiently small absolute value. In this article, we provide a new lower bound for linear form in…
We compare ordinary and symmetric variants of two classical measures of pseudorandomness for binary sequences, the $2$-adic complexity and the linear complexity. In the periodic setting, we show that for binary periodic sequences…
We investigate the descriptive set-theoretic complexity of the solvability of a Borel family of linear equations over a finite field. Answering a question of Thornton, we show that this problem is already hard, namely $\Sigma^1_2$-complete.…
The linear complexity (LC) of a sequence has been used as a convenient measure of the randomness of a sequence. Based on the theories of linear complexity, $k$-error linear complexity, the minimum error and the $k$-error linear complexity…
In this paper, the construction of finite-length binary sequences whose nonlinear complexity is not less than half of the length is investigated. By characterizing the structure of the sequences, an algorithm is proposed to generate all…
The union cost is used, so that an efficient algorithm for computing the k-error linear complexity of a sequence with period 2pn over GF(q) is presented, where p and q are odd primes, and q is a primitive root of modulo p2.
Kolmogorov complexity measures the algorithmic complexity of a finite binary string $\sigma$ in terms of the length of the shortest description $\sigma^*$ of $\sigma$. Traditionally, the length of a string is taken to measure the amount of…
The linear complexity and k-error linear complexity of a sequence have been used as important measures of keystream strength, hence designing a sequence with high linear complexity and $k$-error linear complexity is a popular research topic…
We investigate the $k$-error linear complexity over $\mathbb{F}_p$ of binary sequences of length $2p$ with optimal three-level autocorrelation. These balanced sequences are constructed by cyclotomic classes of order four using a method…
We study the $k$-error linear complexity of subsequences of the $d$-ary Sidel'nikov sequences over the prime field $\mathbb{F}_{d}$. A general lower bound for the $k$-error linear complexity is given. For several special periods, we show…
The purpose of this paper is to answer two questions left open in [B. Durand, A. Shen, and N. Vereshchagin, Descriptive Complexity of Computable Sequences, Theoretical Computer Science 171 (2001), pp. 47--58]. Namely, we consider the…