Title
Fixed points of rational functions satisfying the Carlitz property
Abstract
Recent research within the field of cryptography has suggested that S-boxes should be chosen to contain few fixed points, motivating analysis of the fixed points of permutations. This paper presents a novel mean of obtaining fixed points for all functions satisfying a property put forth by Carlitz. We determine particular results concerning the fixed points of rational functions. Such concepts allow the derivation of an algorithm which cyclically generates fixed points for all three classes of functions satisfying the Carlitz property, the most renowned of which are Rédei rational functions. Specifically, we present all fixed points for any given Rédei function in a single cycle, generated by a particular non-constant rational transformation. For the other two classes of functions, we present their fixed points in cycles consisting of smaller cycles of fixed points. Finally, we provide an explicit expression for the fixed points of all Rédei functions over $${\mathbb {F}}_q$$ .
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1007/s00200-019-00382-2
Applicable Algebra in Engineering, Communication and Computing
Keywords
Field
DocType
Permutations, Fixed points, Redei functions, Carltiz property, Cycles
Discrete mathematics,Combinatorics,Cryptography,Permutation,Fixed point,Rational function,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
30
5
0938-1279
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
9
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Kaitlyn Chubb100.34
Daniel Panario243863.88
Qiang Wang323737.93