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bent function

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables
ben-t -func-tion
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

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).

Inflected Forms

bent functions (plural)

Questions

What does bent function mean?
A Boolean function f: Z ₂ⁿ→ Z ₂ whose Walsh transform has constant absolute value.
Where does bent function come from?
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).

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