Implementation of Boolean functions with a bounded number of zeros by disjunctive normal forms

The problem of constructing simple disjunctive normal forms (DNFs) of Boolean functions with a small number of zeros is considered. The problem is of interest in the complexity analysis of Boolean functions and in its applications to data analysis. The method used is a further development of the reduction approach to the construction of DNFs of Boolean functions. A key idea of the reduction method is that a Boolean function is represented as a disjunction of Boolean functions with fewer zeros. In a number of practically important cases, this technique makes it possible to considerably reduce the complexity of DNF implementations of Boolean functions.     

代数免疫度为1的布尔函数

布尔函数的代数免疫度是在流密码的代数攻击中所产生的重要概念.研究了代数免疫度为1的布尔函数,得到的主要结果有:对代数免疫度为1的布尔函数给出了一个谱刻画,给出了其个数的精确计数公式,最后给出了此类函数的非线性度的紧的上界.     

Construction of rotation symmetric Boolean functions with optimal algebraic immunity and high nonlinearity

Recent research shows that the class of rotation symmetric Boolean functions is potentially rich in functions of cryptographic significance. In this paper, based on the knowledge of compositions of an integer, we present two new kinds of construction of rotation symmetric Boolean functions having optimal algebraic immunity on either odd variables or even variables. Our new functions are of much better nonlinearity than all the existing theoretical constructions of rotation symmetric Boolean functions with optimal algebraic immunity. Further, the algebraic degree of our rotation symmetric Boolean functions are also high enough.     

在仿射等价类中找具有好的密码学性质的布尔函数

The Boolean functions in an affine equivalence class are of the same algebraic degree and nonlinearity, but may satisfy different order of correlation immunity and propagation criterion. A method is presented in this paper to find Boolean functions with higher order correlation immunity or satisfying higher order propagation criterion in an affine equivalence class. 8 AES s-box functions are not better Boolean functions in their affine equivalence class.     

Construction of balanced Boolean functions with high nonlinearity,good local and global avalanche characteristics

Boolean functions possessing multiple cryptographic criteria play an important role in the design of symmetric cryptosystems. The following criteria for cryptographic Boolean functions are often considered: high nonlinearity, balancedness, strict avalanche criterion, and global avalanche characteristics. The trade-off among these criteria is a difficult problem and has attracted many researchers. In this paper, two construction methods are provided to obtain balanced Boolean functions with high nonlinearity. Besides, the constructed functions satisfy strict avalanche criterion and have good global avalanche characteristics property. The algebraic immunity of the constructed functions is also considered.     

Duality between bent functions and affine functions

A Boolean function in an even number of variables is called bent if it is at the maximal possible Hamming distance from the class of all affine Boolean functions. We prove that there is a duality between bent functions and affine functions. Namely, we show that affine function can be defined as a Boolean function that is at the maximal possible distance from the set of all bent functions.     

Boolean Functions: Degree and Support

In this paper we establish some properties about Boolean functions that allow us to relate their degree and their support. These properties allow us to compute the degree of a Boolean function without having to calculate its algebraic normal form. Furthermore, we introduce some linear algebra properties that allow us to obtain the degree of a Boolean function from the dimension of a linear or affine subspace. Finally we derive some algorithms and compute the average time to obtain the degree of some Boolean functions from its support.     

Refined estimates of the number of repetition-free boolean functions in the full binary basis {&, ∨, ⊕, −

We consider repetition-free Boolean functions in the basis {&, ∨, ⊕, ?}, and prove a formula expressing the number of such functions of n variables as a product of Fibonacci numbers. These products are estimated; as a result, we obtain asymptotic estimates for the number of repetition-free Boolean functions. These estimates involve Euler numbers of second order and can be reduced by well-known methods to the form of an exponential-power series. These estimates can be used to construct the final asymptotics of the number of repetition-free Boolean functions in the full binary basis.     

Realization of Boolean functions by repetition-free formulas in a particular base

Siberian Mathematical Journal - Under study are the representations of Boolean functions by formulas. We offer a criterion for the Boolean functions to be repetition-free in the base {V,·,...     

Competitive Boolean function evaluation: Beyond monotonicity, and the symmetric case

We study the extremal competitive ratio of Boolean function evaluation. We provide the first non-trivial lower and upper bounds for classes of Boolean functions which are not included in the class of monotone Boolean functions. For the particular case of symmetric functions our bounds are matching and we exactly characterize the best possible competitiveness achievable by a deterministic algorithm. Our upper bound is obtained by a simple polynomial time algorithm.     

On the fractional chromatic number of monotone self-dual Boolean functions

We compute the exact fractional chromatic number for several classes of monotone self-dual Boolean functions. We characterize monotone self-dual Boolean functions in terms of the optimal value of an LP relaxation of a suitable strengthening of the standard IP formulation for the chromatic number. We also show that determining the self-duality of a monotone Boolean function is equivalent to determining the feasibility of a certain point in a polytope defined implicitly.     

On the length of Boolean functions in the class of exclusive-OR sums of pseudoproducts

Representations of Boolean functions by exclusive-OR sums (modulo 2) of pseudoproducts is studied. An ExOR-sum of pseudoproducts (ESPP) is the sum modulo 2 of products of affine (linear) Boolean functions. The length of an ESPP is defined as the number of summands in this form, and the length of a Boolean function in the class of ESPPs is defined as the minimum length of an ESPP representing this function. The Shannon function L ^ESPP(n) of the length of Boolean functions in the class of ESPPs is considered, which equals the maximum length of a Boolean function of n variables in this class. Lower and upper bounds for the Shannon function L ^ESPP(n) are found. The upper bound is proved by using an algorithm which can be applied to construct representations by ExOR-sums of pseudoproducts for particular Boolean functions.     

On generalized Boolean functions i

In this paper we introduce the concept of generalized Boolean function. Such a function has its arguments and values in a Boolean algebra and can be written in a manner similar to the canonical disjunctive form, but instead of the product of simple or complemented variables, the product of values of certain functions is used. Every Boolean function is a generalized Boolean one but the converse is not true. The set of all generalized Boolean function “generated” by some fixed function is a Boolean algebra.     

Maximal number of Boolean functions realized by an initial Boolean automaton with two constant states

The problem of realization of Boolean functions by initial Boolean automata with two constant states and n inputs is considered. An initial Boolean automaton with two constant states and n inputs is an initial automaton with output such that in all states the output functions are n-ary constant Boolean functions 0 or 1. The maximum cardinality of set of n-ary Boolean functions, where n > 1, realized by an initial Boolean automaton with two constant states and n inputs is obtained.     

Certain properties of generalized α-formulas

The problem of realization of Boolean functions by generalized α-formulas is considered. The notion of a universal set of generalized α-formulas is introduced for a given set of Boolean functions. Universal sets of generalized α-formulas are constructed for the set of constant-preserving Boolean functions.     

Construction of balanced Boolean functions with high nonlinearity and good autocorrelation properties

Boolean functions with high nonlinearity and good autocorrelation properties play an important role in the design of block ciphers and stream ciphers. In this paper, we give a method to construct balanced Boolean functions of n variables, where n ≥ 10 is an even integer, satisfying strict avalanche criterion (SAC), and with high algebraic degree. Compared with the known balanced Boolean functions with SAC property, the constructed functions possess the highest nonlinearity and the best global avalanche characteristics property.     

On the arithmetic Walsh coefficients of Boolean functions

We generalize to the arithmetic Walsh transform (AWT) some results which were previously known for the Walsh–Hadamard transform of Boolean functions. We first generalize the classical Poisson summation formula to the AWT. We then define a generalized notion of resilience with respect to an arbitrary statistical measure of Boolean functions. We apply the Poisson summation formula to obtain a condition equivalent to resilience for one such statistical measure. Last, we show that the AWT of a large class of Boolean functions can be expressed in terms of the AWT of a Boolean function of algebraic degree at most three in a larger number of variables.     

Topological representation of posets

There is a canonical imbedding of a poset into a complete Boolean lattice and hence into a Boolean lattice. This gives it a representation as a collection of clopen sets of a Boolean space. There are reflective functions from a category of distributive posets to the subcategories of distributive and Boolean lattices and consequently a topological dual equivalence that extends the Stone duality of Boolean lattices.Presented by B. Jonsson.     

m值逻辑函数的多分块仿射逼近

文章定义了ｍ值逻辑函数在Ｄｚｎｍ上的Ｃｈｒｅｓｔｅｎｓｏｎ变换，并考察了这类变换的性质，在此基础上提出了对ｍ值逻辑函数进行多分块仿射逼近的方法，并分析了这种方法的优越性。特别地，重点给出了布尔函数的多分块仿射逼近，并用此方法得到了文献［２］所给出的最大相关子。     

Computational aspects of Boolean cubature

Boolean methods of interpolation [1,4] have been applied to construct multivariate quadrature rules for periodic functions of Korobov classes which are comparable with lattice rules of numerical integration [6,7]. In particular, we introducedd-variate Boolean trapezoidal rules [3,4] andd-variate Boolean midpoint rules [2,4]. The basic tools for constructing Boolean midpoint rules are Boolean midpoint sums. It is the purpose of this paper to use a modification of these Boolean midpoint sums to compute Boolean trapezoidal rules in an efficient way.