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Combinatorics & Optimization
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario
Canada N2L 3G1
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Title: An Algorithmic Reduction Theory for Binary Codes: LLL and more
Joint work with Thomas Debris-Alazard and Wessel van Woerden
Speaker: | Léo Ducas |
Affiliation: | Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) |
Zoom: | Please email Emma Watson |
Abstract:
Lattice reduction is the task of finding a basis of short and somewhat orthogonal vectors of a given lattice. In 1985 Lenstra, Lenstra and Lovasz proposed a polynomial time algorithm for this task, with an application to factoring rational polynomials. Since then, the LLL algorithm has found countless application in algorithmic number theory and in cryptanalysis.
There are many analogies to be drawn between Euclidean lattices and linear codes over finite fields. In this work, we propose to extend the range of these analogies by considering the task of reducing the basis of a binary code. In fact, all it takes is to choose the adequate notion mimicking Euclidean orthogonality (namely orthopodality), after which, all the required notions, arguments, and algorithms unfold before us, in quasi-perfect analogy with lattices.
Combinatorics & Optimization
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario
Canada N2L 3G1
Phone: 519-888-4567, ext 33038
PDF files require Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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