APN incidence-structure conjecture for a family of 3-designs

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Let q=2nq=2^n. Let n≥5n\geq5 be odd, let s=22i−2i+1s=2^{2i}-2^i+1, and assume gcd⁡(3i,n)=1\gcd(3i,n)=1. Let BsB_s be the associated base block and let GA⁡1(q)\operatorname{GA}_1(q) denote the relevant affine group. APN 3-design conjecture. The incidence structure

APn,s=(GF⁡(q),GA⁡1(q)(Bs))\mathbb{AP}_{n,s}=\left(\operatorname{GF}(q),\operatorname{GA}_1(q)(B_s)\right)

is a 33-(q,q2,q(q−4)8)\left(q,\frac q2,\frac{q(q-4)}8\right) design. The claim was confirmed by Magma for n∈{5,7}n\in\{5,7\}; its general validity remains open.

References

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Chunming Tang, “Infinite families of 3-designs from APN functions”, arXiv:1904.04071 (2019).

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