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Two new infinite classes of APN functions

Information Theory 2021-05-19 v1 math.IT

Abstract

In this paper, we present two new infinite classes of APN functions over \gf22m\gf_{{2^{2m}}} and \gf23m\gf_{{2^{3m}}}, respectively. The first one is with bivariate form and obtained by adding special terms, (aix2iy2i,bix2iy2i)\sum(a_ix^{2^i}y^{2^i},b_ix^{2^i}y^{2^i}), to a known class of APN functions by {G{\"{o}}lo{\v{g}}lu} over \gf2m2\gf_{{2^m}}^2. The second one is of the form L(z)2m+1+vz2m+1L(z)^{2^m+1}+vz^{2^m+1} over \gf23m\gf_{{2^{3m}}}, which is a generalization of one family of APN functions by Bracken et al. [Cryptogr. Commun. 3 (1): 43-53, 2011]. The calculation of the CCZ-invariants Γ\Gamma-ranks of our APN classes over \gf28\gf_{{2^8}} or \gf29\gf_{{2^9}} indicates that they are CCZ-inequivalent to all known infinite families of APN functions. Moreover, by using the code isomorphism, we see that our first APN family covers an APN function over \gf28\gf_{{2^8}} obtained through the switching method by Edel and Pott in [Adv. Math. Commun. 3 (1): 59-81, 2009].

Cite

@article{arxiv.2105.08464,
  title  = {Two new infinite classes of APN functions},
  author = {Kangquan Li and Yue Zhou and Chunlei Li and Longjiang Qu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.08464},
  year   = {2021}
}
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