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We present algorithms for the $(1+\epsilon)$-approximate version of the closest vector problem for certain norms. The currently fastest algorithm (Dadush and Kun 2016) for general norms has running time of $2^{O(n)} (1/\epsilon)^n$. We…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-11-03 Márton Naszódi , Moritz Venzin

Finding sparse vectors is a fundamental problem that arises in several contexts including codes, subspaces, and lattices. In this work, we prove strong inapproximability results for all these variants using a novel approach that even…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-06-26 Vijay Bhattiprolu , Venkatesan Guruswami , Euiwoong Lee , Xuandi Ren

Bl\"omer and Seifert showed that $\mathsf{SIVP}_2$ is NP-hard to approximate by giving a reduction from $\mathsf{CVP}_2$ to $\mathsf{SIVP}_2$ for constant approximation factors as long as the $\mathsf{CVP}$ instance has a certain property.…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2020-11-03 Divesh Aggarwal , Eldon Chung

The closest vector problem (CVP) and shortest (nonzero) vector problem (SVP) are the core algorithmic problems on Euclidean lattices. They are central to the applications of lattices in many problems of communications and cryptography.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Laura Luzzi , Damien Stehle , Cong Ling

We give a novel algorithm for enumerating lattice points in any convex body, and give applications to several classic lattice problems, including the Shortest and Closest Vector Problems (SVP and CVP, respectively) and Integer Programming…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-06-14 Daniel Dadush , Chris Peikert , Santosh Vempala

We show a number of fine-grained hardness results for the Closest Vector Problem in the $\ell_p$ norm ($\mathrm{CVP}_p$), and its approximate and non-uniform variants. First, we show that $\mathrm{CVP}_p$ cannot be solved in…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2021-08-10 Divesh Aggarwal , Huck Bennett , Alexander Golovnev , Noah Stephens-Davidowitz

We give a $2^{n+o(n)}$-time and space randomized algorithm for solving the exact Closest Vector Problem (CVP) on $n$-dimensional Euclidean lattices. This improves on the previous fastest algorithm, the deterministic…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-01-28 Divesh Aggarwal , Daniel Dadush , Noah Stephens-Davidowitz

We show that a constant factor approximation of the shortest and closest lattice vector problem in any norm can be computed in time $2^{0.802\, n}$. This contrasts the corresponding $2^n$ time, (gap)-SETH based lower bounds for these…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-10-07 Thomas Rothvoss , Moritz Venzin

The closest vector problem (CVP) is a fundamental optimization problem in lattice-based cryptography and its conjectured hardness underpins the security of lattice-based cryptosystems. Furthermore, Schnorr's lattice-based factoring…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-10-23 Max O. Al-Hasso , Marko von der Leyen

A fundamental computational problem is to find a shortest non-zero vector in Euclidean lattices, a problem known as the Shortest Vector Problem (SVP). This problem is believed to be hard even on quantum computers and thus plays a pivotal…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-09 Martin R. Albrecht , Miloš Prokop , Yixin Shen , Petros Wallden

$ \newcommand{\problem}[1]{\ensuremath{\mathrm{#1}} } \newcommand{\SVP}{\problem{SVP}} \newcommand{\ensuremath}[1]{#1} $We prove the following quantitative hardness results for the Shortest Vector Problem in the $\ell_p$ norm ($\SVP_p$),…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2019-01-23 Divesh Aggarwal , Noah Stephens-Davidowitz

We provide the currently fastest randomized (1+epsilon)-approximation algorithm for the closest vector problem in the infinity norm. The running time of our method depends on the dimension n and the approximation guarantee epsilon by 2^O(n)…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-12-13 Friedrich Eisenbrand , Nicolai Hähnle , Martin Niemeier

$\newcommand{\NP}{\mathsf{NP}}\newcommand{\GapSVP}{\textrm{GapSVP}}$We give a simple proof that the (approximate, decisional) Shortest Vector Problem is $\NP$-hard under a randomized reduction. Specifically, we show that for any $p \geq 1$…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2022-02-17 Huck Bennett , Chris Peikert

We give a randomized $2^{n+o(n)}$-time and space algorithm for solving the Shortest Vector Problem (SVP) on n-dimensional Euclidean lattices. This improves on the previous fastest algorithm: the deterministic $\widetilde{O}(4^n)$-time and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-01-28 Divesh Aggarwal , Daniel Dadush , Oded Regev , Noah Stephens-Davidowitz

$ \newcommand{\SVP}{\mathsf{SVP}} \newcommand{\NP}{\mathsf{NP}} \newcommand{\RTIME}{\mathsf{RTIME}} \newcommand{\RSUBEXP}{\mathsf{RSUBEXP}} \newcommand{\eps}{\epsilon} \newcommand{\poly}{\mathop{\mathrm{poly}}} $We show that unless $\NP…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2018-06-12 Ishay Haviv , Oded Regev

We prove that the Minimum Distance Problem (MDP) on linear codes over any fixed finite field and parameterized by the input distance bound is W[1]-hard to approximate within any constant factor. We also prove analogous results for the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2024-02-28 Huck Bennett , Mahdi Cheraghchi , Venkatesan Guruswami , João Ribeiro

This paper explores computational methods for solving the Longest Vector Problem (LVP) and Closest Vector Problem (CVP) in $p$-adic fields. Leveraging the non-Archimedean property of $p$-adic norms, we propose a polynomial time algorithm to…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-24 Chi Zhang , Mingqian Yao

In this paper, we present FPT-algorithms for special cases of the shortest vector problem (SVP) and the integer linear programming problem (ILP), when matrices included to the problems' formulations are near square. The main parameter is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-10-03 D. V. Gribanov

We introduce a new class of algorithms for finding a short vector in lattices defined by codes of co-dimension $k$ over $\mathbb{Z}_P^d$, where $P$ is prime. The co-dimension $1$ case is solved by exploiting the packing properties of the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-01-24 Robert Lin , Peter W. Shor

In this paper, we present a deterministic algorithm for the closest vector problem for all l_p-norms, 1 < p < \infty, and all polyhedral norms, especially for the l_1-norm and the l_{\infty}-norm. We achieve our results by introducing a new…

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