# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

November  2011, 5(4): 609-621. doi: 10.3934/amc.2011.5.609

## On the number of bent functions from iterative constructions: lower bounds and hypotheses

 1 Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Koptyuga 4, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation, and Novosibirsk State University, st. Pirogova 2, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

Received  July 2010 Revised  August 2011 Published  November 2011

In the paper we study lower bounds on the number of bent functions that can be obtained by iterative constructions, namely by the construction proposed by A. Canteaut and P. Charpin in 2003. The number of bent iterative functions is expressed in terms of sizes of finite sets and it is shown that evaluation of this number is closely connected to the problem of decomposing Boolean function into sum of two bent functions. A new lower bound for the number of bent iterative functions that is supposed to be asymptotically tight is given. Applying Monte-Carlo methods the number of bent iterative functions in $8$ variables is counted. Based on the performed calculations several hypotheses on the asymptotic value of the number of all bent functions are formulated.
Citation: Natalia Tokareva. On the number of bent functions from iterative constructions: lower bounds and hypotheses. Advances in Mathematics of Communications, 2011, 5 (4) : 609-621. doi: 10.3934/amc.2011.5.609
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