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