Abstract:
Let a Boolean function $f$ in $2k$ variables be affine on an affine subspace of dimension $k$ if and only if $f$ is affine on any its shift. Then it is proved that algebraic degree of $f$ may be more than 2 only if there is no affine subspace of dimension $k$ that $f$ is affine on it.
Key words:Boolean functions, bent functions, quadratic functions.