[Resource Topic] 2022/1684: Division in the Plactic Monoid

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Title:
Division in the Plactic Monoid

Authors: Chris Monico

Abstract:

In [1], a novel cryptographic key exchange technique was proposed using the plactic monoid, based on the apparent difficulty of solving division problems in that monoid. Specifically, given elements c, b in the plactic monoid, the problem is to find q for which qb = c, given that such a q exists. In this paper, we introduce a metric on the plactic monoid and use it to give a probabilistic algorithm for solving that problem which is fast for parameter values in the range of interest.

ePrint: https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/1684

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