The multiplicative complexity of 6-variable Boolean functions

The multiplicative complexity of a Boolean function is the minimum number of two-input AND gates that are necessary and sufficient to implement the function over the basis (AND, XOR, NOT). Finding the multiplicative complexity of a given function is computationally intractable, even for functions wi...

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Vydané v:Cryptography and communications Ročník 11; číslo 1; s. 93 - 107
Hlavní autori: Çalık, Çağdaş, Sönmez Turan, Meltem, Peralta, René
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: New York Springer US 01.01.2019
Springer Nature B.V
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ISSN:1936-2447, 1936-2455
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Shrnutí:The multiplicative complexity of a Boolean function is the minimum number of two-input AND gates that are necessary and sufficient to implement the function over the basis (AND, XOR, NOT). Finding the multiplicative complexity of a given function is computationally intractable, even for functions with small number of inputs. Turan et al. [ 1 ] showed that n -variable Boolean functions can be implemented with at most n − 1 AND gates for n ≤ 5 . A counting argument can be used to show that, for n ≥ 7, there exist n -variable Boolean functions with multiplicative complexity of at least n . In this work, we propose a method to find the multiplicative complexity of Boolean functions by analyzing circuits with a particular number of AND gates and utilizing the affine equivalence of functions. We use this method to study the multiplicative complexity of 6-variable Boolean functions, and calculate the multiplicative complexities of all 150 357 affine equivalence classes. We show that any 6-variable Boolean function can be implemented using at most 6 AND gates. Additionally, we exhibit specific 6-variable Boolean functions which have multiplicative complexity 6.
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ISSN:1936-2447
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DOI:10.1007/s12095-018-0297-2