Commutative Presemifields and Semifields

Background

For a prime $p$ and a positive integer $n$ let $\mathbb {F} _{p^{n}}$ be the finite field with $p^{n}$ elements. Let $F$ be a map from the finite field to itself. Such function admits a unique representation as a polynomial of degree at most $p^{n}-1$, i.e.

$F(x)=\sum _{j=0}^{p^{n}-1}a_{j}x^{j},a_{j}\in \mathbb {F} _{p^{n}}$.

The function $F$ is

• linear if $F(x)=\sum _{j=0}^{n-1}a_{j}x^{p^{j}}$,
• affine if it is the sum of a linear function and a constant,
• DO (Dembowski-Ostrim) polynomial if $F(x)=\sum _{0\leq i\leq j<n}a_{ij}x^{p^{i}+p^{j}}$,
• quadratic if it is the sum of a DO polynomial and an affine function.

For $\delta$ a positive integer, the function $F$ is called differentially $\delta$-uniform if for any pairs $a,b\in \mathbb {F} _{p^{n}}$, with $a\neq 0$, the equation $F(x+a)-F(x)=b$ admits at most $\delta$ solutions.

A function $F$ is called planar or perfect nonlinear (PN) if $\delta _{F}=1$. Obviously such functions exist only for $p$ an odd prime. In the even case the smallest possible case for $\delta$ is two (APN function).

For planar function we have that the all the nonzero derivatives, $D_{a}F(x)=F(x+a)-F(x)$, are permutations.

Equivalence Relations

Two functions $F$ and $F'$ from $\mathbb {F} _{p^{n}}$ to itself are called:

• affine equivalent if $F'=A_{1}\circ F\circ A_{2}$, where $A_{1},A_{2}$ are affine permutations;
• EA-equivalent (extended-affine) if $F'=F''+A$, where $A$ is affine and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle F''} is afffine equivalent to $F$;
• CCZ-equivalent if there exists an affine permutation Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathcal{L}} of Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbb{F}_{p^n}\times\mathbb{F}_{p^n}} such that Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathcal{L}(G_F)=G_{F'}} , where Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle G_F=\lbrace (x,F(x)) : x\in\mathbb{F}_{p^n}\rbrace} .

CCZ-equivalence is the most general known equivalence relation for functions which preserves differential uniformity. Affine and EA-equivalence are its particular cases. For the case of quadratic planar functions the isotopic equivalence is more general than CCZ-equivalence, where two maps are isotopic equivalent if the corresponding presemifields are isotopic.

On Presemifields and Semifields

A presemifield is a ring with left and right distributivity and with no zero divisor. A presemifield with a multiplicative identity is called a semifield. Any finite presemifield can be represented by Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbb{S}=(\mathbb{F}_{p^n},+,\star)} , for $p$ a prime, Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle n} a positive integer, Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbb{S}=(\mathbb{F}_{p^n},+)} additive group and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle x\star y} multiplication linear in each variable. Every commutative presemifield can be transformed into a commutative semifield.

Two presemifields Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbb{S}_1=(\mathbb{F}_{p^n},+,\star)} and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbb{S}_2=(\mathbb{F}_{p^n},+,\circ)} are called isotopic if there exist three linear permutations Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle T,M,N} of $\mathbb {F} _{p^{n}}$ such that Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle T(x\star y)=M(x)\circ N(y)} , for any Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle x,y\in\mathbb{F}_{p^n}} . If Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle M=N} then they are called strongly isotopic. Each commutative presemifields of odd order defines a planar DO polynomial and viceversa:

• given Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbb{S}=(\mathbb{F}_{p^n},+,\star)} let Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle F_\mathbb{S}(x)=\frac{1}{2}(x\star x)} ;
• given $F$ let $\mathbb {S} _{F}=(\mathbb {F} _{p^{n}},+,\star )$ defined by $x\star y=F(x+y)-F(x)-F(y)$.

Given $\mathbb {S} =(\mathbb {F} _{p^{n}},+,\star )$ a finite semifield, the subsets

$N_{l}(\mathbb {S} )=\{\alpha \in \mathbb {S} :(\alpha \star x)\star y=\alpha \star (x\star y)$ for all $x,y\in \mathbb {S} \}$

$N_{m}(\mathbb {S} )=\{\alpha \in \mathbb {S} :(x\star \alpha )\star y=x\star (\alpha \star y)$ for all $x,y\in \mathbb {S} \}$

$N_{r}(\mathbb {S} )=\{\alpha \in \mathbb {S} :(x\star y)\star \alpha =x\star (y\star \alpha )$ for all $x,y\in \mathbb {S} \}$

are called left, middle and right nucleus of $\mathbb {S}$.

The set $N(\mathbb {S} )=N_{l}(\mathbb {S} )\cap N_{m}(\mathbb {S} )\cap N_{r}(\mathbb {S} )$ is called the nucleus. All these sets are finite field and, when Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbb{S}} is commutative, Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle N_l(\mathbb{S})=N_r(\mathbb{S})\subseteq N_m(\mathbb{S})} . The order of the different nuclei are invariant under isotopism.

Properties

Hence two quadratic planar functions Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle F,F'} are isotopic equivalent if their corresponding presemifields are isotopic. Moreover, we have:

• Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle F,F'} are CCZ-equivalent if and only if the corresponding presemifileds are strongly isotopic;
• for Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle n} odd, isotopic coincides with strongly isotopic;
• if $F,F'$ are isotopic equivalent, then there exists a linear map Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle L} such that Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle F'} is EA-equivalent to Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle F(x+L(x))-F(x)-F(L(x))} ;
• any commutative presemifield of odd order can generate at most two CCZ-equivalence classes of planar DO polynomials;
• if Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbb{S}_1} and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbb{S}_2} are isotopic commutative semifields of characteristic Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle p} with order of middle nuclei and nuclei Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle p^m} and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle p^k} respectively, then either one of the following is satisfied:
  • Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle m/k} is odd and the semifields are strongly isotopic,
  • Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle m/k} is even and the semifields are strongly isotopic or the only isotopisms are of the form Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle (\alpha\star N,N,L)} with Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \alpha\in N_m(\mathbb{S}_1)} non-square.

Known cases od planar functions and commutative semifields

Among the known example of planar functions, the only ones that are non-quadratic are the power functions Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle x^{\frac{3^t+1}{2}}} defined over Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbb{F}_{3^n}} , with Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle t} is odd and gcd(Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle t,n} )=1.

In the following the list of some known infinite families of planar functions (and corresponding commutative semifields):

• Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle x^2} over Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbb{F}_{p^n}} (finite field $\mathbb {F} _{p^{n}}$);
• Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle x^{p^t+1}} over Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbb{F}_{p^n}} with Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle n/gcd(t,n)} odd (Albert's commutative twisted fields);
• Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle L(t^2(x))+\frac{1}{2}x^2} over Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbb{F}_{p^{2km}}} with $L(x)={\frac {1}{8}}(x^{p^{k}}-x),t(x)=x^{p^{km}}-x$ (Dickson semifields);
• • Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle (ax)^{p^s+1}-(ax)^{p^k(p^s+1)}+x^{p^k+1}}
  • Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle bx^{p^s+1}+(bx^{p^s+1})^{p^k}+cx^{p^k+1}}

over Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbb{F}_{p^{2k}}} where Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle a,b\in\mathbb{F}^\star_{2^{2k}}, b} not square, Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle c\in\mathbb{F}_{2^{2k}}\setminus\mathbb{F}_{2^k}, gcd(k+s,2k)=gcd(k+s,k)} and for the first one also $gcd(p^{s}+1,p^{k}+1)\neq gcd(p^{s}+1,(p^{k}+1)/2)$. Without loss of generality it is possible to take Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle a=1} and fix a value for Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle c} ;

• Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle x^{p^s+1}-a^{p^t-1}x^{p^t+p^{2t+s}}} over $\mathbb {F} _{p^{3t}},a$ primitive, $gcd(3,t)=1,t-s\equiv 0$ mod $3,3t/gcd(s,3t)$ odd;
• $x^{p^{s}+1}-a^{p^{t}-1}x^{p^{3t}+p^{t+s}}$ over $\mathbb {F} _{p^{4t}},a$ primitive, $p^{s}\equiv p^{t}\equiv 1$ mod 4, $2t/gcd(s,2t)$ odd;
• $a^{1-p}x^{2}+x^{2p^{m}}+a^{1-p}T(x)-T(x)^{p^{m}}$, with Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle T(x)=\sum_{i=0}^k(-1)^ix^{p^{2i}(p^2+1)}+a^{p-1}\sum_{j=0}^{k-1}(-1)^{k+j}x^{p^{2j+1}(p^2+1)}} , over Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbb{F}_{p^{2m}}} for Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle a\in\mathbb{F}^\star_{p^2}, m=2k+1} .

Cases defined for p=3

• Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle x^{10}\pm x^6-x^2 \mbox{ over } \mathbb{F}_{p^n} \mbox{ with } n} odd (Coulter-Matthews and Ding-Yuan semifields);
• $L(t^{2}(x))+D(t(x))+{\frac {1}{2}}x^{2},{\mbox{ over }}\mathbb {F} _{3^{2k}}{\mbox{ with }}k{\mbox{ odd, }}t(x)=x^{3^{k}}-x,\beta \in \mathbb {F} _{3^{2k}}\setminus \mathbb {F} _{3^{k}},\alpha =t(\beta ),L(x)=\alpha ^{-5}x^{3}+x,D(x)=-\alpha ^{-10}x^{10}$ (Ganley semifields);
• Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle L(t^2(x))+\frac{1}{2}x^2, \mbox{ over } \mathbb{F}_{3^{2k}} \mbox{ with } k \mbox{ odd, } t(x)=x^{3^k}-x, \beta\in\mathbb{F}_{3^{2k}}\setminus\mathbb{F}_{3^k}, \alpha=t(\beta), L(x)=-x^9-\alpha x^3+(1-\alpha^4)x} (Cohen-Ganley semifileds);
• Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle L(t^2(x))+\frac{1}{2}x^2, \mbox{ over } \mathbb{F}_{3^{10}} \mbox{ with } t(x)=x^{243}-x, \beta\in\mathbb{F}_{3^{10}}\setminus\mathbb{F}_{3^5}, \alpha=t(\beta), L(x)=-(\alpha^{-53}x^{27}+\alpha^{-18}x^9-x)} (Penttila-Williams semifileds);
• $L(t^{2}(x))+D(t(x))+{\frac {1}{2}}x^{2},{\mbox{ over }}\mathbb {F} _{3^{8}}{\mbox{ with }}t(x)=x^{9}-x,L(x)=x^{243}+x^{9},D(x)=x^{246}+x^{82}-x^{10}$ (Coulter-Henderson-Kosick semifield);
• $x^{2}+x^{90}{\mbox{ over }}\mathbb {F} _{3^{5}}$.