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Feedback shift register

In general, an n-level feedback shift register is shown below

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among them

  • a_0, a_1,..., a_{n-1}, as initial.
  • F is the feedback function or feedback logic. If F is a linear function, then we call it a linear feedback shift register (LFSR), otherwise we call it a nonlinear feedback shift register (NFSR).
  • a_{i+n}=F(a_i,a_{i+1},...,a_{i+n-1})

In general, the feedback shift register is defined on a finite field to avoid the problem of too large and too small numbers. So we can think of it as a transformation in the same space, ie

(a_i,a_{i+1},...,a_{i+n-1}) \rightarrow (a_{i+1},...,a_{i+n-1},a_{i+n})

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For a sequence, we generally define the sum of the power series whose generator function corresponds to its sequence.


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