Paper 2007/379

On The Inequivalence Of Ness-Helleseth APN Functions

Xiangyong Zeng, Lei Hu, Yang Yang, and Wenfeng Jiang

Abstract

In this paper, the Ness-Helleseth functions over $F_{p^n}$ defined by the form $f(x)=ux^{\frac{p^n-1}{2}-1}+x^{p^n-2}$ are proven to be a new class of almost perfect nonlinear (APN) functions and they are CCZ-inequivalent with all other known APN functions when $p\geq 7$. The original method of Ness and Helleseth showing the functions are APN for $p=3$ and odd $n\geq 3$ is also suitable for showing their APN property for any prime $p\geq 7$ with $p\equiv 3\,({\rm mod}\,4)$ and odd $n$.

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Secret-key cryptography
Publication info
Published elsewhere. Almost perfect nonlinear (APN), differential uniformity, EA-equivalence, CCZ-equivalence
Keywords
Almost perfect nonlinear (APN) functionNess-Helleseth functionCCZ-equivalence
Contact author(s)
xzeng @ hubu edu cn
History
2007-11-13: last of 2 revisions
2007-09-27: received
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Short URL
https://ia.cr/2007/379
License
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CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2007/379,
      author = {Xiangyong Zeng and Lei Hu and Yang Yang and Wenfeng Jiang},
      title = {On The Inequivalence Of Ness-Helleseth {APN} Functions},
      howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2007/379},
      year = {2007},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2007/379}
}
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