On the constructions of n-cycle permutations

Abstract

Any permutation polynomial is an n-cycle permutation. When n is a specific small positive integer, one can obtain efficient permutations, such as involutions, triple-cycle permutations and quadruple-cycle permutations. These permutations have important applications in cryptography and coding theory. Inspired by the AGW Criterion, we propose criteria for n-cycle permutations, which mainly are of the form xrh(xs). We then propose unified constructing methods including recursive ways and a cyclotomic way for n-cycle permutations of such form. We demonstrate our approaches by constructing three classes of explicit triple-cycle permutations with high index and two classes of n-cycle permutations with low index, many of which are new both at levels of permutation property and cycle property.