{
  "id": "evv2026-square",
  "categoryId": "rank-square-classical",
  "paperId": "esser-verbel-villanueva2026",
  "date": "2026-01-19",
  "time": {
    "coefficient": 0.1481,
    "expression": "2^{0.1481 n² + o(n²)}"
  },
  "space": {
    "coefficient": null,
    "expression": ""
  },
  "tags": [],
  "review": {
    "status": "source-checked"
  },
  "certificate": {
    "status": "not-provided",
    "lean": null
  },
  "notes": "Worst-parameter m=n baseline, attained by algebraic and combinatorial methods. The coefficient is quoted in the base-2 normalization of the source abstract. It is not a universal coefficient for arbitrary base fields q; field and bit/field-operation conventions must be kept as in the source.",
  "extra": {
    "field-convention": "Source abstract normalization; no change-of-base or arbitrary-q extrapolation is asserted."
  },
  "evidence": {
    "url": "https://eprint.iacr.org/2026/082",
    "locator": "Abstract",
    "sourceVersion": "2026-01-19"
  }
}
