Leander's generalized Helleseth conjecture for permutations

Let LL be a finite field, let L×L^\times be its multiplicative group, and let f ⁣:LLf\colon L\to L be a permutation. For each λL×\lambda\in L^\times, write (λf)(x)=λf(x)(\lambda f)(x)=\lambda f(x) and define

D(λf)=aL×λf^(a),\mathfrak D(\lambda f)=\prod_{a\in L^\times}\widehat{\lambda f}(a),

where

λf^(a)=xLμ(ax+λf(x)).\widehat{\lambda f}(a)=\sum_{x\in L}\mu(ax+\lambda f(x)).

Leander's generalized Helleseth conjecture. If ff is a permutation of LL, then

λL×D(λf)=0.\prod_{\lambda\in L^\times}\mathfrak D(\lambda f)=0.

The source presents this as a possible generalization proposed by Leander, motivated by the failure of Helleseth's conjecture to extend to all permutations; the supplied text gives no resolution.

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Primary source

Yves Aubry and Philippe Langevin, “On a conjecture of Helleseth”, arXiv:1212.6553 (2012).

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