On (2n/3 – 1)-Resilient (n, 2)-Functions

A {00, 01, 10, 11}-valued function on the vertices of the n-cube is called a t-resilient (n, 2)-function if it has the same number of 00s, 01s, 10s and 11s among the vertices of every subcube of dimension t. The Friedman and Fon-Der-Flaass bounds on the correlation immunity order say that such a function must satisfy t ≤ 2n/3 - 1; moreover, the (2n/3 - 1)-resilient (n, 2)-functions correspond to the equitable partitions of the n-cube with the quotient matrix [[0, r, r, r], [r, 0, r, r], [r, r, 0, r], [r, r, r, 0]], r = n/3. We suggest constructions of such functions and corresponding par titions, show connections with Latin hypercubes and binary 1-perfect codes, characterize the non-full-rank and the reducible functions from the considered class, and discuss the possibility to make a complete characterization of the class.