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A candidate for one-way functions

For every $n \geq 3$ consider a bipartite random $3$-regular graph $G_n$ with two parts $X=\{x_1, \dotsc, x_n\}$ and $Y=\{y_1, \dotsc, y_n\}$. For any $i \leq n$ assign either 0 or 1 to each vertex $...
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Square hidden number problem

Suppose I have a mystery number $m$ modulo $p$ that I wish to find. I know the value of $m+x_i^2$ where $x_i$ is randomly chosen modulo $p$ for some large number of different $x_i$, $N$ many, $N \gg \...
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A variant of hidden subgroup problem (HSP)

I read some materials more general about HSP such as 1,2,3. I wonder that if it would be possible to have a faster quantum algorithm when our goal was just to find a non-trivial element of the hidden ...
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Groups in which Computational Diffie Hellman is in $P$ but Discrete Logarithm is not known to be in $P$

The Computational Diffie Hellman (CDH) problem is to compute $g^{XY}$ given $g^X$ and $g^Y$ where $g$ generates the group. The Discrete Logarithm (DLOG) problem is to compute $X$ given $g^X$. The ...
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Any nice examples of small cancellation theory appearing in applied mathematics?

Are there any nice discussions of applications of small cancellation theory, or other cases of the word problem, in applied mathematics or algorithms for seemingly non-group theoretic problems? I ...
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RSA as a hidden subgroup problem

The Hidden Subgroup Problem (HSP) covers several known problems (e.g. Integer Factorization Problem, Discrete Logarithm Problem) as a special case: Definition [Hidden Subgroup Problem (HSP)] Let $\...
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Example of action of an infinitely countable group that has important ergodic/statistical property?

I work in probability and I am looking for an important example of action of an amenable countable group in other areas of math for which the (pointwise) ergodic theorem is actually quite important. ...
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Is conjugacy problem hard in braid group?

Recently I studied the braid group and conjugacy problem. It is believed that conjugacy problem is hard on braid group. My friend gave me an EXE file, and I use it for solving conjugacy problem, as an ...
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Analog to the Chinese Remainder Theorem in groups other than Z_n.

The idea hit me when I was in my Elliptic Curve Cryptography class. $Z_n \leftrightarrow Z_{f_1} \times Z_{f_2} \times ...$ where $f_1 \times f_2 \times ... = n$ and $\{f_1, f_2, ...\}$ are pairwise ...
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Do the normal forms for braid groups really conceal information about better than randomly applying the braid relations?

In braid based cryptography, one typically wants to conceal the way a certain braid $b$ has been obtained. One therefore puts $b$ into some normal form. Since every braid has a unique normal form, the ...
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Polynomial dynamical systems

The question is somewhat related to the theory of permutation polynomials. Let $\mathbb{F}_p$ be a finite field of $p$ elements ($p$ is prime) and $\mathcal{V} = \mathbb{F}_p^2 = \{ (t_1,t_2)\::\: t_1,...
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The "interplay" between additive and multiplicative structure in a field

A field is an ordered triple $(F, +,\cdot)$ of a set $F$ and binary operations $+,\times$ on $F$ such that $(F,+)$ and $(F\backslash 0,\times)$ are abelian groups satisfying the distributive laws $\...