Complexity of the generalized conjugacy problem

  • Authors:
  • Sang Geun Hahn;Eonkyung Lee;Je Hong Park

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Mathematics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Taejon 305-701, South Korea;Department of Mathematics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Taejon 305-701, South Korea;Department of Mathematics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Taejon 305-701, South Korea

  • Venue:
  • Discrete Applied Mathematics - Special issue on the 2000 com2MaC workshop on cryptography
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

Recently, the generalized conjugacy problem(GCP) in braid groups was introduced as a candidate for cryptographic one-way function. A GCP in a braid group can be transformed into a GCP in a general linear group by the Burau representation. We study the latter problem induced in this way.