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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2009 ii Paper 4 4H iii Solution by
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True. A length- linear-feedback shift register has nonzero fills, and its first output bits recover its fill, so these fills give distinct output sequences. If lengths satisfy , the longer register has strictly more nonzero outputs. At least one is absent from the shorter register's output set; choosing any nonzero shorter fill then gives unequal outputs. This is the counting property of output sets of different-length linear-feedback registers.
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