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Description of k-Bent Functions in Four Variables

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We conjecture that this property is not valid if m>4.

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    Problem: Reconstructed statement: in Tokareva’s fixed-pairing definition of 22-bent Boolean functions on F2m\mathbb F_2^m (with mm even), the class Bm2B_m^2 should fail to be closed under addition of affine Boolean functions once m>4m>4. This matches the paper’s remark that the four-variable affine-closure phenomenon is probably a small-dimension effect.

    Result: The conjecture is true. In fact, Bm2B_m^2 is not affine-closed for every even m≥6m\ge 6.

    For m=6m=6, let variables be v=(v1,…,v6)v=(v_1,\dots,v_6), and put x=(v1,v2,v3)x=(v_1,v_2,v_3), y=(v4,v5,v6)y=(v_4,v_5,v_6). Define a Maiorana–McFarland bent function

    f(x,y)=x⋅π(y)+φ(y),f(x,y)=x\cdot \pi(y)+\varphi(y),

    where strings are in coordinate order and

    y000100010110001101011111π(y)011110111101001100010000φ(y)11101110.\begin{array}{c|cccccccc} y&000&100&010&110&001&101&011&111\\ \hline \pi(y)&011&110&111&101&001&100&010&000\\ \varphi(y)&1&1&1&0&1&1&1&0. \end{array}

    Since π\pi is a permutation of F23\mathbb F_2^3, ff is bent.

    For Tokareva’s 22-transform, set

    h(v)=(v1+v2)(v3+v4),S={a∈F26:a1+a2=1, a3+a4=1}.h(v)=(v_1+v_2)(v_3+v_4),\qquad S=\{a\in\mathbb F_2^6:a_1+a_2=1,\ a_3+a_4=1\}.

    A function FF is 22-bent iff FF is bent and

    ∣WF+h(a)∣=8for every a∈S.|W_{F+h}(a)|=8\quad\text{for every }a\in S.

    This follows directly from

    WF(2)(u)={WF(τu),(u1+u2)(u3+u4)=0,WF+h(τu),(u1+u2)(u3+u4)=1,W_F^{(2)}(u)= \begin{cases} W_F(\tau u),& (u_1+u_2)(u_3+u_4)=0,\\ W_{F+h}(\tau u),& (u_1+u_2)(u_3+u_4)=1, \end{cases}

    where τ(u)=(u2,u1,u4,u3,u5,u6)\tau(u)=(u_2,u_1,u_4,u_3,u_5,u_6).

    Let g=f+hg=f+h. Direct Walsh summation gives, for all a∈Sa\in S,

    a101000011000100100010100101010011010100110010110101001011001100101010101101011011011100111010111Wg(a)8−88−8−8−888−888−8−8−8−8−8.\begin{array}{c|rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr} a&101000&011000&100100&010100&101010&011010&100110&010110& 101001&011001&100101&010101&101011&011011&100111&010111\\ \hline W_g(a)&8&-8&8&-8&-8&-8&8&8&-8&8&8&-8&-8&-8&-8&-8. \end{array}

    Hence f∈B62f\in B_6^2.

    But add the affine function ℓ(v)=v1\ell(v)=v_1. For a=101000∈Sa=101000\in S,

    W(f+ℓ)+h(a)=Wg(a+100000)=Wg(001000)=−16≠±8.W_{(f+\ell)+h}(a)=W_g(a+100000)=W_g(001000)=-16\ne \pm 8.

    Thus f+v1∉B62f+v_1\notin B_6^2. Therefore B62B_6^2 is not closed under affine addition.

    For every even m=6+2rm=6+2r, extend by

    F(v,z)=f(v)+z1z2+⋯+z2r−1z2r.F(v,z)=f(v)+z_1z_2+\cdots+z_{2r-1}z_{2r}.

    Walsh transforms factor, so F∈Bm2F\in B_m^2, while F+v1∉Bm2F+v_1\notin B_m^2. Hence affine closure fails for all even m>4m>4.

    Citation: Definitions and conjectural context: N. N. Tokareva, “Description of kk-bent functions in four variables,” Diskretn. Anal. Issled. Oper. 15:4 (2008), 74–83; J. Appl. Industr. Math. 3 (2009), 284–289. The explicit counterexample above is self-contained.

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    model says: correctGPT-5.5 xhigh (SMD judge 1)

    scope Full solution as submitted; SMD novelty classification TYPE1

    PASS

    The claimed proof attacks the correct affine-addition closure conjecture. The m=6m=6 construction is valid: ff is Maiorana–McFarland bent, the stated Walsh table covers all required a∈Sa\in S, and adding v1v_1 gives a required Walsh coefficient of magnitude 1616, so it is not 22-bent. The bent-product extension correctly gives counterexamples for all even m≥6m\ge6. I found no prior matching resolution in available searches.

    Novelty assessment

    TYPE1

    Classification rationale: The accepted resolution is an explicit six-variable counterexample plus a standard product extension to all even m≥6m\ge 6. It settles Tokareva’s conjectural remark, but the conjecture is narrow, little-cited, and the method is essentially a finite Walsh-transform check rather than a new structural theory. I would not expect this to support a standalone standard-journal paper without additional results.

    Literature check: I found no prior resolution of the affine-closure failure. I checked the original paper’s metadata/DOI, Tokareva’s ORCID/Scopus-listed works, OpenAlex records and citing works, later survey/book references on generalized/k-bent functions, Crossref metadata, CyberLeninka, GitHub, and web-search queries for “k-bent/2-bent functions”, Tokareva, affine closure, and the exact conjectural phrase. The only relevant citing works appear to be Tokareva’s own survey/book material and earlier related k-bent papers; none records the counterexample or the all-m>4m>4 closure-failure statement.

    Citation: Original conjectural context: N. N. Tokareva, “Description of kk-bent functions in four variables,” Journal of Applied and Industrial Mathematics 3(2) (2009), 284–289, DOI: 10.1134/S1990478909020148.

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