bent function

noun

bent function

noun

Etymology 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).

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

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