Combinatorial Designs and Cellular Automata: A Survey

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Autori principali: Manzoni, Luca, Mariot, Luca, Menara, Giuliamaria
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author Manzoni, Luca
Mariot, Luca
Menara, Giuliamaria
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Mariot, Luca
Menara, Giuliamaria
contents Cellular Automata (CA) are commonly investigated as a particular type of dynamical systems, defined by shift-invariant local rules. In this paper, we consider instead CA as algebraic systems, focusing on the combinatorial designs induced by their short-term behavior. Specifically, we review the main results published in the literature concerning the construction of mutually orthogonal Latin squares via bipermutive CA, considering both the linear and nonlinear cases. We then survey some significant applications of these results to cryptography, and conclude with a discussion of open problems to be addressed in future research on CA-based combinatorial designs.
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spellingShingle Combinatorial Designs and Cellular Automata: A Survey
Manzoni, Luca
Mariot, Luca
Menara, Giuliamaria
Combinatorics
Cryptography and Security
Discrete Mathematics
History and Overview
Cellular Automata (CA) are commonly investigated as a particular type of dynamical systems, defined by shift-invariant local rules. In this paper, we consider instead CA as algebraic systems, focusing on the combinatorial designs induced by their short-term behavior. Specifically, we review the main results published in the literature concerning the construction of mutually orthogonal Latin squares via bipermutive CA, considering both the linear and nonlinear cases. We then survey some significant applications of these results to cryptography, and conclude with a discussion of open problems to be addressed in future research on CA-based combinatorial designs.
title Combinatorial Designs and Cellular Automata: A Survey
topic Combinatorics
Cryptography and Security
Discrete Mathematics
History and Overview
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.10320