APN functions obtained via polynomial expansion in small dimensions

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The following tables list APN functions obtained via polynomial expansion over GF(2^n) with n = 8,9. The functions are partitioned into classes according to the differential spectra of their orthoderivatives, and a single representatives is given from each class. In all cases, α is a primitive element of the corresponding finite field. The label in the "Equivalent to" column indicates which known APN instance the given one is equivalent to (in the sense of having the same differential spectrum of the orthoderivative). Labels "SW" refer to Edel & Pott's switching classes; "B" refers to Beierle & Leander's quadratic APN functions; "Y" refers to the quadratic APN matrix method of Yuyin Yu; and "I" refers to the generalized isotopic shifts of Budaghyan et al. The numbers in all cases refer to the functions listed in the corresponding works in order of appearance; e.g. "I 11" refers to the eleventh function for n = 9 listed in the isotopic shift paper.

Note that function 8.7 has a differential spectrum of the orthoderivative distinct from that of all known APN functions, and is therefore completely new.

More details can be found in the thesis "Experimental construction of optimal cryptographic functions by expansion" by Maren Hestad Aleksandersen. The complete experimental data is available here. The same data sorted by the differential spectrum of the orthoderivative is available here.

ID Representative Equivalent to Orthoderivative diff. spec.
8.1 α170x192+α85x132+x6+x3 SW 19 037872,222788,44068,6492,860
8.2 x66+α85x33+x18+x9+x3 SW 11 038040,222461,44218,6513,836,1012
8.3 x66+α85x33+α17x9+α102x6+x3 SW 13 038076,222311,44374,6495,824
8.4 α85x132+α85x72+x9+x6+x3 SW 12 038160,222104,44536,6456,824
8.5 x66+x12+α85x6+x3 SW 6 038160,222164,44428,6492,836
8.6 x129+α85x24+x12+x9+x3 SW 8 038184,222179,44338,6531,848
8.7 α170x132+α85x66+α85x18+x3 new 038196,222008,44608,6456,812
8.8 α85x132+α85x72+x36+x24+x3 SW 9 038256,222116,44230,6648,830
8.9 α85x192+x72+x33+x24+x9+α153x6 SW 17 038388,221723,44626,6507,836
8.10 α221x96+α221x33+x12+x9+x6+α187x3 SW 10 038439,221618,44671,6528,824
8.11 α238x144+x132+α51x96+α119x48+x33+x9 SW 16 038457,221552,44743,6510,818
8.12 α204x160+α51x48+α102x12+α204x10+x9 SW 22 038844,220974,44764,6654,844
8.13 α160x132+α10x72+x48+αx34+α3x33+α48x18+x17+x3 B 31 039150,220463,44920,6675,854,1012,126
8.14 x144+α85x96+α170x80+α85x65+α85x17+x9+x5 B 12668 039408,220072,44922,6798,870,1010
8.15 x66+α170x40+x18+α85x5+x3 Y 4346 039408,220218,44692,6838,8104,1012,128
8.16 x160+x132+x80+x68+x6+x3 SW 20 039692,219752,44756,6978,872,1026,124


ID Representative Equivalent to Orthoderivative diff. spec.
9.1 α365x257+x96+x68+α219x33+x5 I 4 0158529,280829,418144,63283,8469,10294,1284
9.2 α438x129+x66+α219x10+x3 I 8 0159418,279275,418690,63213,8742,10252,1221,1621
9.3 x136+x24+x17+α73x10+x3 I 3 0159684,278687,419089,63136,8777,10147,1284,1428
9.4 x68+α73x40+x33+x5 I 10 0159684,279590,417871,63283,8700,10273,12147,1484
9.5 α73x136+α146x66+α219x10+x3 I 16 0159908,279086,418081,63353,8721,10336,12105,1421,1621
9.6 x264+α73x96+α219x68+x5 I 11 0160020,279023,417997,63213,8868,10378,12133
9.7 α219x136+x10+x3 I 12 0160657,277910,418312,63360,8952,10273,12147,1421
9.8 x192+x66+x17+α73x10+x3 I 14 0162183,276482,417388,63871,81162,10252,12126,14126,1621,2221
9.9 α73x192+x136+α365x129+x17+x3 I 5 0162708,277175,415498,64270,81260,10252,12168,1484,16126,1842,2242,267
9.10 α73x129+α292x66+x10+x3 I 9 0163009,275537,417283,64116,81071,10168,12231,1428,1684,1863,2042
9.11 x80+α146x66+α73x24+x17 I 13 0163366,275117,417010,64536,8966,10252,1263,14154,1663,1884,2221
9.12 x129+α73x66+x17+x10+α365x3 I 6 0163996,274802,416380,64368,81449,10231,12126,1484,1642,1884,2042,2221,327
9.13 α73x136+α219x66+α438x10+x3 I 15 0168994,268712,415141,66279,81659,10336,1221,1421,16105,18147,20189,2421,267
9.14 α438x129+x66+α219x17+x3 I 2 0169428,268040,415561,66034,81533,10420,12126,1421,1684,18189,20126,2263,267
9.15 α365x80+α292x24+α219x17+x3 I 17 0170079,266297,416737,66160,81407,10420,1221,1442,1663,18210,20133,2263
9.16 x257+α438x68+α219x12+x5 I 7 0171430,264617,416842,65733,81932,10483,12105,1421,16147,18105,20154,2221,2442
9.17 x80+α73x66+x17+α73x10+x3 B 31 0160440,278834,417514,63388,8777,10483,12126,1449,1621
9.18 α365x136+x129+α73x80+x24+x17+x3 B 34 0164199,276734,413524,64312,82205,12147,16294,18147,2049,2221
9.19 α73x320+x96+α219x68+x40+x33+x5 B 35 0172557,268355,412201,63871,81638,10735,121470,1449,16147,18441,20147,4221