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Solving the Shortest Vector Problem in Lattices Faster Using Quantum Search

Thijs Laarhoven · Michele Mosca · Joop van de Pol

Post-Quantum Cryptography 2013

PublishedSource checked
Time bound
21.799 n + o(n)
Space bound
21.286 n + o(n)
Source / version date
25 Jan 2013
Comparison variant
Quantum · worst case
Cost scale
2c n + o(n)
Norm
Euclidean ℓ₂
Success guarantee
Probability exponentially close to 1
Computation model
Sequential quantum search
QRAM / coherent access
Quantum-addressable classical lists; O(n) ordinary qubits

Assumptions and source notes

Original public bound predates the 2015 journal version.

Source location

Theorem 2, p. 10; Section 1.3 memory model
Version: arXiv:1301.6176v1, 25 January 2013

Selected earlier references

Selected sources cited by this paper.

  1. Sieve Algorithms for the Shortest Vector Problem are Practical

    Phong Q. Nguyen · Thomas Vidick · 2008

    Quantum search applied to the earlier heuristic sieve. Section 2.1, Lemma 1 and Theorem 1; reference [41]

  2. Solving the Shortest Lattice Vector Problem in Time 2^(2.465n)

    Xavier Pujol · Damien Stehlé · 2009

    Quantum speedup of the birthday saturation algorithm. Section 3.1, Lemma 2 and Theorem 2; reference [44]

  3. Improved Nguyen-Vidick Heuristic Sieve Algorithm for Shortest Vector Problem

    Xiaoyun Wang · Mingjie Liu · Chengliang Tian · Jingguo Bi · 2011

    Studies a two-level sieve and finds no quantum exponent gain over the baseline. Section 2.2; reference [57]

Primary source ↗

@inproceedings{paper-1873724e57d1,
  author = {Thijs Laarhoven and Michele Mosca and Joop van de Pol},
  title = {{Solving the Shortest Vector Problem in Lattices Faster Using Quantum Search}},
  booktitle = {Post-Quantum Cryptography},
  year = {2013},
  pages = {83--101},
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-38616-9_6},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/1301.6176},
  cr_date = {2013-01-25},
  cr_status = {published},
  cr_venue = {Post-Quantum Cryptography},
  cr_author_ids = {thijs-laarhoven; michele-mosca; joop-van-de-pol}
}