A construction of bent functions from plateaued functions

In this presentation, a technique for constructing bent functions from plateaued functions is introduced and analyzed. This generalizes earlier techniques for constructing bent from near-bent functions. Using this construction, we obtain a big variety of inequivalent bent functions, some weakly regular and some non-weakly regular. Classes of bent functions having some additional properties that enable the construction of strongly regular graphs are formed, and explicit expressions for bent functions with maximal degree are presented.     

Imprimitive symmetric association schemes of classes 5 and 6 arising from ternary non-weakly regular bent functions

Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics - Let F be a ternary non-weakly regular bent function in GMMF class whose dual $$F^*$$ is bent. We prove that if F satisfies certain conditions, then collecting...     

Strongly regular graphs associated with ternary bent functions

We prove a new characterization of weakly regular ternary bent functions via partial difference sets. Partial difference sets are combinatorial objects corresponding to strongly regular graphs. Using known families of bent functions, we obtain in this way new families of strongly regular graphs, some of which were previously unknown. One of the families includes an example in [N. Hamada, T. Helleseth, A characterization of some {3v₂+v₃,3v₁+v₂,3,3}-minihypers and some [15,4,9;3]-codes with B₂=0, J. Statist. Plann. Inference 56 (1996) 129-146], which was considered to be sporadic; using our results, this strongly regular graph is now a member of an infinite family. Moreover, this paper contains a new proof that the Coulter-Matthews and ternary quadratic bent functions are weakly regular.     

Constructing few-weight linear codes and strongly regular graphs

Linear codes with few weights have applications in data storage systems, secret sharing schemes, graph theory and so on. In this paper, we construct a class of few-weight linear codes by choosing defining sets from cyclotomic classes and we also establish few-weight linear codes by employing weakly regular bent functions. Notably, we get some codes that are minimal and we also obtain a class of two-weight optimal punctured codes with respect to the Griesmer bound. Finally, we get a class of strongly regular graphs with new parameters by using the obtained two-weight linear codes.     

Linear codes with few weights from weakly regular plateaued functions

Linear codes with few nonzero weights have wide applications in secret sharing, authentication codes, association schemes and strongly regular graphs. Recently, Wu et al. (2020) obtained some few-weighted linear codes by employing bent functions. In this paper, inspired by Wu et al. and some pioneers' ideas, we use a kind of functions, namely, general weakly regular plateaued functions, to define the defining sets of linear codes. Then, by utilizing some cyclotomic techniques, we construct some linear codes with few weights and obtain their weight distributions. Notably, some of the obtained codes are almost optimal with respect to the Griesmer bound. Finally, we observe that our newly constructed codes are minimal for almost all cases.     

Finding nonnormal bent functions

The question if there exist nonnormal bent functions was an open question for several years. A Boolean function in n variables is called normal if there exists an affine subspace of dimension n/2 on which the function is constant. In this paper we give the first nonnormal bent function and even an example for a nonweakly normal bent function. These examples belong to a class of bent functions found in [J.F. Dillon, H. Dobbertin, New cyclic difference sets with Singer parameters, in: Finite Fields and Applications, to appear], namely the Kasami functions. We furthermore give a construction which extends these examples to higher dimensions. Additionally, we present a very efficient algorithm that was used to verify the nonnormality of these functions.     

p-Ary and q-ary versions of certain results about bent functions and resilient functions

Using the Teichmüller character and Gauss sums, we obtain the following results concerning p-ary bent functions and q-ary resilient functions: (1) a characterization of certain q-ary resilient functions in terms of their coefficients; (2) stronger upper bounds for the degree of p-ary bent functions; (3) determination of all bent functions on ; (4) a characterization of ternary weakly regular bent functions in terms of their coefficients.     

Extending bounded type holomorphic mappings on a Banach space

We show that a Riemann domain Ω over a symmetrically regular Banach space E admits holomorphic extension to pseudo-convex domains over E″ with respect to two natural spaces of holomorphic functions of bounded type on Ω.     

Construction of bent functions from near-bent functions

We give a construction of bent functions in dimension 2m from near-bent functions in dimension 2m−1. In particular, we give the first ever examples of non-weakly-normal bent functions in dimensions 10 and 12, which demonstrates the significance of our construction.     

Generalized Maiorana–McFarland class and normality of p-ary bent functions

A class of bent functions which contains bent functions with various properties like regular, weakly regular and not weakly regular bent functions in even and in odd dimension, is analyzed. It is shown that this class includes the Maiorana–McFarland class as a special case. Known classes and examples of bent functions in odd characteristic are examined for their relation to this class. In the second part, normality for bent functions in odd characteristic is analyzed. It turns out that differently to Boolean bent functions, many – also quadratic – bent functions in odd characteristic and even dimension are not normal. It is shown that regular Coulter–Matthews bent functions are normal.     

正则的正实部函数的导数估计

讨论了正则的正实部函数的导数估计问题,利用正实部函数的性质,得到三阶导数、四阶导数的准确估计式.     

Partial difference sets and amorphic group schemes from pseudo-quadratic bent functions

We present new abelian partial difference sets and amorphic group schemes of both Latin square type and negative Latin square type in certain abelian p-groups. Our method is to construct what we call pseudo-quadratic bent functions and use them in place of quadratic forms. We also discuss a connection between strongly regular bent functions and amorphic group schemes.     

Strongly regular graphs constructed from <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-ary bent functions

In this paper, we generalize the construction of strongly regular graphs in Tan et al. (J. Comb. Theory, Ser. A 117:668–682, 2010) 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.     

Dirichlet problem for pluriholomorphic functions of two complex variables

In this paper the Dirichlet problem for pluriholomorphic functions of two complex variables is investigated. The key point is the relation between pluriholomorphic functions and pluriharmonic functions. The link is constituted by the Fueter-regular functions of one quaternionic variable. Previous results about the boundary values of pluriharmonic functions and new results on L² traces of regular functions are applied to obtain a characterization of the traces of pluriholomorphic functions.     

A link between combinatorial designs and three-weight linear codes

In this paper, we show that partial geometric designs can be constructed from certain three-weight linear codes, almost bent functions and ternary weakly regular bent functions. In particular, we show that existence of a family of partial geometric difference sets is equivalent to existence of a certain family of three-weight linear codes. We also provide a link between ternary weakly regular bent functions, three-weight linear codes and partial geometric difference sets.     

改进的代数体函数的正规增长定理

主要讨论了涉及Borel例外小函数(亚纯函数)的代数体函数的正规增长性,通过建立的特征函数间的相互关系及亚纯函数的正规增长定理,得到了关于Borel例外小函数的代数体函数的正规增长定理,进一步改进了有关文献的结论.     

Association schemes arising from bent functions

We give a construction of 3-class and 4-class association schemes from s-nonlinear and differentially 2 ^s -uniform functions, and a construction of p-class association schemes from weakly regular p-ary bent functions, where p is an odd prime.     

On the ranks of bent functions

The rank of a bent function is the 2-rank of the associated symmetric 2-design. In this paper, it is shown that it is an invariant under the equivalence relation among bent functions. Some upper and lower bounds of ranks of general bent functions, Maiorana–McFarland bent functions and Desarguesian partial spread bent functions are given. As a consequence, it is proved that almost every Desarguesian partial spread bent function is not equivalent to any Maiorana–McFarland bent function.     

Subdifferential characterization of s-lower regular functions

As for Moreau envelopes of primal lower nice as well as prox-regular functions, Moreau s-envelopes of s-lower regular functions have been proved recently to have several remarkable differential properties and to have many important applications. Here, we provide a subdifferential characterization of extended real-valued s-lower regular functions on Banach spaces in terms of a hypomonotonicity-like property of the subdifferential.