The book introduces new techniques which imply rigorous lower bounds on the complexity of some number theoretic and cryptographic problems. These methods and techniques are based on bounds of character sums and numbers of solutions of some polynomial equations over finite fields and residue rings. It also contains a number of open problems and proposals for further research. We obtain several lower bounds, exponential in terms of logp, on the de grees and orders of * polynomials; * algebraic functions; * Boolean functions; * linear recurring sequences; coinciding with values of the discrete logarithm modulo a prime p at suf ficiently many points (the number of points can be as small as pI/He). These functions are considered over the residue ring modulo p and over the residue ring modulo an arbitrary divisor d of p - 1. The case of d = 2 is of special interest since it corresponds to the representation of the right most bit of the discrete logarithm and defines whether the argument is a quadratic residue. We also obtain non-trivial upper bounds on the de gree, sensitivity and Fourier coefficients of Boolean functions on bits of x deciding whether x is a quadratic residue. These results are used to obtain lower bounds on the parallel arithmetic and Boolean complexity of computing the discrete logarithm. For example, we prove that any unbounded fan-in Boolean circuit. of sublogarithmic depth computing the discrete logarithm modulo p must be of superpolynomial size.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer Basel
ISBN-13
9783034897235
eBay Product ID (ePID)
190428313
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Information Science
Author
Igor Shparlinski
Publication Name
Number Theoretic Methods in Cryptography: Complexity Lower Bounds
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Computer Science, Mathematics
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
182 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
155mm
Volume
17
Item Weight
311g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Igor Shparlinski
Series Title
Progress in Computer Science and Applied Logic
Country/Region of Manufacture
Switzerland
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