On functions with the maximal number of bent components

Nurdagül Anbar, Tekgül Kalaycı, Wilfried Meidl +1

A function $F:{\mathbb{F}}_2^n\to {\mathbb{F}}_2^n$, $n=2m$, can have at most $2^n-2^m$ bent component functions. Trivial examples are obtained as $F(x) = (f_1(x),\ldots,f_m(x)…