"bent function" meaning in All languages combined

See bent function on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: bent functions [plural]
Etymology: So called because they are as different as possible from all linear functions (the simplest or "straight-line" functions) and from all affine functions (which preserve parallel lines). Head templates: {{en-noun}} bent function (plural bent functions)
  1. (combinatorics) A Boolean function f: Z ₂ⁿ→ Z ₂ whose Walsh transform has constant absolute value. Wikipedia link: bent function

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