3 papers
math.CO2026
On lower bounds for the distances between APN functions
Maria Mihaila, Darrion Thornburgh
Whether two distinct APN functions can have a Hamming distance of remains an open problem. In 2020, L. Budaghyan et al. introduced a new CCZ-invariant which can be used…
math.CO2025
How many cards should you lay out in a game of EvenQuads?: A detailed study of caps in AG(n,2)
Julia Crager, Felicia Flores, Timothy E. Goldberg +4
We define a \textit{cap} in the affine geometry to be a subset in which any collection of 4 points is in general position. In this paper we classify, up to affine equival…
math.CO2025
On generalizing cryptographic results to Sidon sets in
Darrion Thornburgh
A Sidon set in is a set such that has no solutions with all distinct. In this paper, we prove various results on Sidon sets…