Dembowski-Ostrom polynomials from reversed Dickson polynomials

This paper gives a full classification of Dembowski-Ostrom polynomials derived from the compositions of reversed Dickson polynomials and monomials over finite fields of characteristic 2. The authors also classify almost perfect nonlinear functions among all such Dembowski-Ostrom polynomials based on a general result describing when the composition of an arbitrary linearized polynomial and a monomial of the form \({x^{1 + {2^\alpha }}}\) is almost perfect nonlinear. It turns out that almost perfect nonlinear functions derived from reversed Dickson polynomials are all extended affine equivalent to the well-known Gold functions.