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Quantum Cryptoanalysis - Introduction

Quantum Cryptoanalysis - Introduction

by Artur Ekert



  1. PUBLIC-KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY
  2. QUANTUM FACTORING
  3. FURTHER READING



1. PUBLIC-KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY

Difficulty: 
Undergraduate Level
Abstract: 
An introduction to why quantum computers would 'crack' some traditional cryptographic protocols. By Artur Ekert.

Quantum Computation (longer intro)

Difficulty: 
Undergraduate Level

Quantum Error Correction

Quantum Error Correction

Andrew M. Steane
Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford OX1 3PU, England.
February 1996

This is the text of a contribution I made to ``Dark matter in cosmology, quantum measurements and experimental gravitation,'' Proc. XXXIst Recontres de Moriond, January 1996. For further references, see our publications list .

Difficulty: 
Undergraduate Level
Abstract: 
An introduction to the principle of correcting quantum information without direct measurement (and consequent wavefunction collapse). By Andrew Steane

Quantum Cryptography

Difficulty: 
General

History of Cryptography

Difficulty: 
General
Abstract: 
A brief history of classical (i.e. not quantum) cryptography.

Public Key Cryptography

Difficulty: 
General

Quantum Computing

A short Introduction to Quantum Computation

Inset 1
Inset 2
Further Reading
Bibliography
Difficulty: 
Basic Science
Abstract: 
A short introduction to quantum computation by A. Barenco, A.Ekert, A. Sanpera and C.Machiavello from La Recherche, November 1996.
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