Title MPF problem over modified medial semigroup Is NP-complete /
Authors Sakalauskas, Eligijus ; Mihalkovich, Aleksejus
DOI 10.3390/sym10110571
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Is Part of Symmetry.. Basel : MDPI. 2018, vol. 10, iss. 11, art. no. 571, p. 1-13.. ISSN 2073-8994
Keywords [eng] cryptography ; non-commutative cryptography ; one-way functions ; NP-completeness ; key agreement protocol
Abstract [eng] This paper is a continuation of our previous publication of enhanced matrix power function (MPF) as a conjectured one-way function. We are considering a problem introduced in our previous paper and prove that tis problem is NP-Complete. The proof is based on the dual interpretation of well known multivariate quadratic (MQ) problem defined over the binary field as a system of MQ equations, and as a general satisfiability (GSAT) problem. Due to this interpretation the necessary constraints to MPF function for cryptographic protocols construction can be added to initial GSAT problem. Then it is proved that obtained GSAT problem is NP-Complete using Schaefer dichotomy theorem. Referencing to this result, GSAT problem by polynomial-time reduction is reduced to the sub-problem of enhanced MPF, hence the latter is NP-Complete as well.
Published Basel : MDPI
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2018
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