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Analysis Of A Quantum Attack On The Blum-Micali Pseudorandom Number Generator, Tingfei Feng
Analysis Of A Quantum Attack On The Blum-Micali Pseudorandom Number Generator, Tingfei Feng
Mathematical Sciences Technical Reports (MSTR)
In 2012, Guedes, Assis, and Lula proposed a quantum attack on a pseudorandom number generator named the Blum-Micali Pseudorandom number generator. They claimed that the quantum attack can outperform classical attacks super-polynomially. However, this paper shows that the quantum attack cannot get the correct seed and provides another corrected algorithm that is in exponential time but still faster than the classical attack. Since the original classical attacks are in exponential time, the Blum-Micali pseudorandom number generator would be still quantum resistant.
The Primitive Root Problem: A Problem In Bqp, Shixin Wu
The Primitive Root Problem: A Problem In Bqp, Shixin Wu
Mathematical Sciences Technical Reports (MSTR)
Shor’s algorithm proves that the discrete logarithm problem is in BQP. Based on his algorithm, we prove that the primitive root problem, a problem that verifies if some integer g is a primitive root modulo p where p is the largest prime number smaller than 2n for a given n, which is assumed to be harder than the discrete logarithm problem, is in BQP by using an oracle quantum Turing machine.
Computer Program Simulation Of A Quantum Turing Machine With Circuit Model, Shixin Wu
Computer Program Simulation Of A Quantum Turing Machine With Circuit Model, Shixin Wu
Mathematical Sciences Technical Reports (MSTR)
Molina and Watrous present a variation of the method to simulate a quantum Turing machine employed in Yao’s 1995 publication “Quantum Circuit Complexity”. We use a computer program to implement their method with linear algebra and an additional unitary operator defined to complete the details. Their method is verified to be correct on a quantum Turing machine.
Variance Of Clusterings On Graphs, Thomas Vlado Mulc
Variance Of Clusterings On Graphs, Thomas Vlado Mulc
Mathematical Sciences Technical Reports (MSTR)
Graphs that represent data often have structures or characteristics that can represent some relationships in the data. One of these structures is clusters or community structures. Most clustering algorithms for graphs are deterministic, which means they will output the same clustering each time. We investigated a few stochastic algorithms, and look into the consistency of their clusterings.
Maximally Disjoint Solutions Of The Set Covering Problem, David J. Rader, Peter L. Hammer
Maximally Disjoint Solutions Of The Set Covering Problem, David J. Rader, Peter L. Hammer
Mathematical Sciences Technical Reports (MSTR)
This paper is concerned with finding two solutions of a set covering problem that have a minimum number of variables in common. We show that this problem is NP complete, even in the case where we are only interested in completely disjoint solutions. We describe three heuristic methods based on the standard greedy algorithm for set covering problems. Two of these algorithms find the solutions sequentially, while the third finds them simultaneously. A local search method for reducing the overlap of the two given solutions is then described. This method involves the solution of a reduced set covering problem. Finally, …