A new class of negabent functions

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Authors Deep Singh, Maheshanand Bhaintwal

Publication date 22 July 2022

Abstract: Negabent functions were introduced as a generalization of bent functions, which have applications in coding theory and cryptography. In this paper, we have extended the notion of negabent functions to the functions defined from $mathbb{Z}_q^n$ to $mathbb{Z}_{2q}$ ($2q$-negabent), where $qgeq2$ is a positive integer and $mathbb{Z}_q$ is the ring of integers modulo $q$. For this, a new unitary transform (the nega-Hadamard transform) is introduced in the current set up, and some of its properties are discussed. Some results related to $2q$-negabent functions are presented. We present two constructions of $2q$-negabent functions. In the first construction, $2q$-negabent functions on $n$ variables are constructed when $q$ is an even positive integer. In the second construction, $2q$-negabent functions on two variables are constructed for arbitrary positive integer $qge2$. Some examples of $2q$-negabent functions for different values of $q$ and $n$ are also presented.

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