Abstract:
We consider an approach to the classification of $n$-variable Boolean bent functions of the nonlinearity degree 3. We utilize the apparatus of bent rectangles introduced by S. V. Agievich. This apparatus was used for the classification of $8$-variable Boolean cubic bent functions. The results of our research allow to construct cubic bent functions that depend on an arbitrary even number of variables; the construction is based on well studied quadratic bent functions.
Keywords:bent functions, bent rectangles, quadratic forms, affine transformations.