• DocumentCode
    1137009
  • Title

    Divided Difference Methods for Galois Switching Functions

  • Author

    Wesselkamper, T.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Computer Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1978
  • fDate
    3/1/1978 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    232
  • Lastpage
    238
  • Abstract
    An alternative is provided to a recently published method of Benjauthrit and Reed for calculating the coefficients of the polynomial expansion of a given function. The method is exhibited for functions of one and two variables. The relative advantages and disadvantages of the two methods are discussed. Some empirical results are given for GF(9) and GF(16). It is shown that functions with DON´T CARE states are represented by a polynomial of minimal degree by this method.
  • Keywords
    CR Categories: 5.30, 6.31, 5.13.; Divided difference methods; MR Categories: 12C05, 41A10; Newton´s interpolation theorem; Reed-Muller decomposition theorem.; finite field; Chromium; Computer science; Finite difference methods; Galois fields; Interpolation; Polynomials; CR Categories: 5.30, 6.31, 5.13.; Divided difference methods; MR Categories: 12C05, 41A10; Newton´s interpolation theorem; Reed-Muller decomposition theorem.; finite field;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computers, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9340
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TC.1978.1675076
  • Filename
    1675076