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To overcome the large memory requirement of classical lattice sieving algorithms for solving hard lattice problems, Bai-Laarhoven-Stehl\'{e} [ANTS 2016] studied tuple lattice sieving, where tuples instead of pairs of lattice vectors are…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-02-26 Thijs Laarhoven

Traditional cryptography, rooted in problems, e.g., integer factorisation or discrete log, is inevitably vulnerable to a fully operational quantum computer. Although it remains an engineering frontier, the looming threat extends to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-29 Ahmad Tashfeen , Qi Cheng

The NP-hardness of the closest vector problem (CVP) is an important basis for quantum-secure cryptography, in much the same way that integer factorisation's conjectured hardness is at the foundation of cryptosystems like RSA. Recent work…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-16 Ben Priestley , Petros Wallden

Given an undirected, weighted graph, with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges, and two special vertices $s$ and $t$, the problem is to find the shortest path between them. We give two bounded-error quantum algorithms with improved runtime in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-20 Adam Wesołowski , Stephen Piddock

Since quantum computers are known to break the vast majority of currently-used cryptographic protocols, a variety of new protocols are being developed that are conjectured, but not proven to be safe against quantum attacks. Among the most…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-04-22 David Joseph , Alexandros Ghionis , Cong Ling , Florian Mintert

Lattices have many significant applications in cryptography. In 2021, the $p$-adic signature scheme and public-key encryption cryptosystem were introduced. They are based on the Longest Vector Problem (LVP) and the Closest Vector Problem…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-03-24 Chi Zhang

We give a deterministic algorithm for solving the (1+eps)-approximate Closest Vector Problem (CVP) on any n dimensional lattice and any norm in 2^{O(n)}(1+1/eps)^n time and 2^n poly(n) space. Our algorithm builds on the lattice point…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-01-01 Daniel Dadush , Gabor Kun

The shortest vector problem (SVP) over ideal lattices is closely related to the Ring-LWE problem, which is widely used to build post-quantum cryptosystems. Power-of-two cyclotomic fields are frequently adopted to instantiate Ring-LWE. Pan…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-01-16 Gaohao Cui , Jianing Li , Jincheng Zhuang

On July 5, 2022, the National Institute of Standards and Technology announced four possible post-quantum cryptography standards, three of them are based on lattice theory and the other one is based on Hash function. It is well-known that…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-01 Chuanming Zong

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

We study the complexity of lattice problems in a world where algorithms, reductions, and protocols can run in superpolynomial time, revisiting four foundational results: two worst-case to average-case reductions and two protocols. We also…

Efficiently solving the Shortest Vector Problem (SVP) in two-dimensional lattices holds practical significance in cryptography and computational geometry. While simpler than its high-dimensional counterpart, two-dimensional SVP motivates…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-07-02 Lihao Zhao , Chengliang Tian , Jingguo Bi , Guangwu Xu , Jia Yu

The Systematic Normal Form (SysNF) is a canonical form of lattices introduced in [Eldar,Shor '16], in which the basis entries satisfy a certain co-primality condition. Using a "smooth" analysis of lattices by SysNF lattices we design a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-28 Lior Eldar , Peter W. Shor

The shortest vector problem (SVP) is one of the lattice problems and is mathematical basis for the lattice-based cryptography, which is expected to be post-quantum cryptography. The SVP can be mapped onto the Ising problem, which in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-22 Katsuki Ura , Takashi Imoto , Tetsuro Nikuni , Shiro Kawabata , Yuichiro Matsuzaki

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

To accelerate the algorithms for the dihedral hidden subgroup problem, we present a new algorithm based on algorithm SV(shortest vector). A subroutine is given to get a transition quantum state by constructing a phase filter function, then…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-30 Fada Li , Wansu Bao , Xiangqun Fu

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

Quantum annealing has been recently studied to solve the shortest vector problem (SVP), where the norm of a lattice point vector is mapped to the problem Hamiltonian with the qudit encoding, Hamming-weight encoding, or binary encoding, and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-09-06 Kota Mizuno , Shohei Watabe

Noisy intermediate-scale quantum cryptanalysis focuses on the capability of near-term quantum devices to solve the mathematical problems underlying cryptography, and serves as a cornerstone for the design of post-quantum cryptographic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-14 Xiaokai Hou , Guoqing Zhou , Shan Jin , Yang Li , Wei Huang , Ao Sun , Xiaoting Wang , Bingjie Xu

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