bent function

A Boolean function f: Z ₂ⁿ→ Z ₂ whose Walsh transform has constant absolute value.

Noun

  1. A Boolean function f: Z ₂ⁿ→ Z ₂ whose Walsh transform has constant absolute value.

Origin

So called because they are as different as possible from all linear functions (the simplest or "straight-line" functions) and from all affine functions (which preserve parallel lines).

Forms

bent functions