On negabent functions and nega-Hadamard transform (Q1667066)

Summary: The Boolean function which has equal absolute spectral values under the nega-Hadamard transform is called negabent function. In this paper, the special Boolean functions by concatenation are presented. We investigate their nega-Hadamard transforms, nega-autocorrelation coefficients, sum-of-squares indicators, and so on. We establish a new equivalent statement on \(f_1 \parallel f_2\) which is negabent function. Based on them, the construction for generating the negabent functions by concatenation is given. Finally, the function expressed as \(f(A x \oplus a) \oplus b \cdot x \oplus c\) is discussed. The nega-Hadamard transform and nega-autocorrelation coefficient of this function are derived. By applying these results, some properties are obtained.