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The author has previously extended the theory of regular and irregular primes to the setting of arbitrary totally real number fields. It has been conjectured that the Bernoulli numbers, or alternatively the values of the Riemann zeta…

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This article presents an efficient algorithm to generate a discrete uniform distribution on a set of $p$ elements using a biased random source for $p$ prime. The algorithm generalizes Von Neumann's method and improves computational…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-01-18 Xiaoyu Lei

In this paper we show that certain special cases of the hidden subgroup problem can be solved in polynomial time by a quantum algorithm. These special cases involve finding hidden normal subgroups of solvable groups and permutation groups,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Gabor Ivanyos , Frederic Magniez , Miklos Santha

We construct cryptographic trilinear maps that involve simple, non-ordinary abelian varieties over finite fields. In addition to the discrete logarithm problems on the abelian varieties, the cryptographic strength of the trilinear maps is…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-05-09 Ming-Deh A. Huang

We present the first algorithm for computing class groups and unit groups of arbitrary number fields that provably runs in probabilistic subexponential time, assuming the Extended Riemann Hypothesis (ERH). Previous subexponential algorithms…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-20 Koen de Boer , Alice Pellet-Mary , Benjamin Wesolowski

Solutions of the quartic Fermat equation in ring class fields of odd conductor over quadratic fields $K=\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-d})$ with $-d \equiv 1$ (mod $8$) are shown to be periodic points of a fixed algebraic function $T(z)$ defined on the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2016-07-28 Patrick Morton

Any ideal in a number field can be factored into a product of prime ideals. In this paper we study the prime ideal shortest vector problem (SVP) in the ring $ \Z[x]/(x^{2^n} + 1) $, a popular choice in the design of ideal lattice based…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-03-03 Yanbin Pan , Jun Xu , Nick Wadleigh , Qi Cheng

We present an efficient procedure for computing resonances and resonant modes of Helmholtz problems posed in exterior domains. The problem is formulated as a nonlinear eigenvalue problem (NEP), where the nonlinearity arises from the use of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-07-01 Juan Carlos Araujo-Cabarcas , Christian Engstrom , Elias Jarlebring

We study systems of polynomial equations in infinite finitely generated commutative associative rings with an identity element. For each such ring $R$ we obtain an interpretation by systems of equations of a ring of integers $O$ of a finite…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-02-08 Albert Garreta , Alexei Miasnikov , Denis Ovchinnikov

Consider a nilpotent element e in a simple complex Lie algebra. The Springer fibre corresponding to e admits a discretization (discrete analogue) introduced by the author in 1999. In this paper we propose a conjectural description of that…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2021-02-10 G. Lusztig

We describe deterministic and probabilistic algorithms to determine whether or not a given monic irreducible polynomial H in Z[X] is a Hilbert class polynomial, and if so, which one. These algorithms can be used to determine whether a given…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-04-18 John E. Cremona , Andrew V. Sutherland

In this paper the recoverable robust shortest path problem is investigated. Discrete budgeted interval uncertainty representation is used to model uncertain second-stage arc costs. The known complexity results for this problem are…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-05-01 Marcel Jackiewicz , Adam Kasperski , Paweł Zieliński

We analyze algorithms for computing the $n$th prime $p_n$ and establish asymptotic bounds for several approaches. Using existing results on the complexity of evaluating the prime-counting function $\pi(x)$, we show that the binary search…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-10-21 Ansh Aggarwal

Let f be a polynomial with irrational leading coefficient. We obtain inequalities for the distance from the nearest integer of f(p) that hold for infinitely many primes p. These results improve work of Harman in 1981 and 1983 and Wong in…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2017-12-21 Roger Baker

We answer a question posed by Y. Elias et al. in [8] about possible spectral distortions of algebraic numbers. We provide a closed form for the spectral distortion of certain classes of cyclotomic polynomials. Moreover, we present a bound…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-07-30 L. Babinkostova , Ariana Chin , Aaron Kirtland , Vladyslav Nazarchuk , Esther Plotnick

We define the finite number ring ${\Bbb Z}_n [\sqrt [m] r]$ where $m,n$ are positive integers and $r$ in an integer akin to the definition of the Gaussian integer ${\Bbb Z}[i]$. This idea is also introduced briefly in [7]. By definition,…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2023-12-05 Suk-Geun Hwang , Woo Jeon , Ki-Bong Nam , Tung T. Nguyen

In his 1934 paper, G.\ Birkhoff poses the problem of classifying pairs $(G,U)$ where $G$ is an abelian group and $U\subset G$ a subgroup, up to automorphisms of $G$. In general, Birkhoff's Problem is not considered feasible. In this note,…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-10-01 Justyna Kosakowska , Markus Schmidmeier , Martin Schreiner

In 1987, Vaidman, Aharanov, and Albert put forward a puzzle called the Mean King's Problem (MKP) that can be solved only by harnessing quantum entanglement. Prime-powered solutions to the problem have been shown to exist, but they have not…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-13 Tareq Jaouni , Xiaoqin Gao , Sören Arlt , Mario Krenn , Ebrahim Karimi

This paper introduces a new algorithm for the fundamental problem of generating a random integer from a discrete probability distribution using a source of independent and unbiased random coin flips. We prove that this algorithm, which we…

Computation · Statistics 2020-07-03 Feras A. Saad , Cameron E. Freer , Martin C. Rinard , Vikash K. Mansinghka

In 2004, Muzereau et al. showed how to use a reduction algorithm of the discrete logarithm problem to Diffie-Hellman problem in order to estimate lower bound on Diffie-Hellman problem on elliptic curves. They presented their estimates for…

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