Non-APN conjecture for the functions fb,c,rf_{b,c,r}

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Let m≥8m\ge 8 be an even integer, let b,c∈F2mb,c\in\mathbb{F}_{2^m}, and let rr satisfy r≤m/2r\le m/2 and gcd⁡(r,m)=1\gcd(r,m)=1. Let fb,c,rf_{b,c,r} denote the function defined in Theorem. Non-APN conjecture. For every such choice of b,c,rb,c,r, the function fb,c,rf_{b,c,r} is not APN. The preceding computer checks establish this claim for 8≤m≤228\le m\le 22 under the stated conditions, while the general case remains open.

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Daniele Bartoli, Marco Calderini, Giuseppe Marino and Francesco Pavese, “Zeros of special polynomials and their impact on a class of APN functions”, arXiv:2511.04193 (2025).

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