Bent functions : results and applications to cryptography / [electronic resource] by Natalia Tokareva. Tokareva, Natalia, author. Algebraic functions. Algebra, Boolean. Cryptography Mathematics. QA341 511.3/3 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed August 27 2015). Bent Functions: Results and Applications to Cryptography offers a unique survey of the objects of discrete mathematics known as Boolean bent functions. As these maximal, nonlinear Boolean functions and their generalizations have many theoretical and practical applications in combinatorics, coding theory, and cryptography, the text provides a detailed survey of their main results, presenting a systematic overview of their generalizations and applications, and considering open problems in classification and systematization of bent functions. The text is appropriate for novices and advanced researchers, discussing proofs of several results, including the automorphism group of bent functions, the lower bound for the number of bent functions, and more. 2015 Text 1 online resource : http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128023181 eng Bent Functions : Results and Applications to Cryptography. Bent Functions : Results and Applications to Cryptography.