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A cryptographic application of the Thurston norm

Geometric Topology 2020-01-15 v2 Algebraic Topology Group Theory

Abstract

We discuss some applications of 3-manifold topology to cryptography. In particular, we propose a public-key and a symmetric-key cryptographic scheme based on the Thurston norm on the first cohomology of hyperbolic manifolds.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1908.03504,
  title  = {A cryptographic application of the Thurston norm},
  author = {Ramon Flores and Delaram Kahrobaei and Thomas Koberda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.03504},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

13 pages. To appear in International Journal of Computer Mathematics: Computer Systems Theory

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