Non-permutation conjecture for the trivariate family CuC_u

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Let m>3m>3, let uF2mu\in \mathbb{F}_{2^m}^*, and define the function Cu:F2m3F2m3C_u: \mathbb{F}_{2^m}^3 \to \mathbb{F}_{2^m}^3 by

Cu(X,Y,Z)=(X3+uY2Z,Y3+uXZ2,Z3+uX2Y).C_u(X,Y,Z)=(X^3+uY^2Z,Y^3+uXZ^2,Z^3+uX^2Y).

Non-permutation conjecture. The function CuC_u is not a permutation and is not APN.

This conjecture concerns a trivariate representation of APN permutations in dimension 99. The case m=3m=3 is known to yield a vectorial permutation for uF2m{0,1}u\in\mathbb{F}_{2^m}\setminus\{0,1\}, while the behavior for m>3m>3 is the subject of the conjecture.

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Primary source

Daniele Bartoli, Mohit Pal, Pantelimon Stanica and Tommaso Toccotelli, “Non-permutation phenomena in trivariate families over _2^m and resolution of a conjecture”, arXiv:2410.23097 (2026).

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