Computable one-way functions on the reals

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Main Authors: Barmpalias, George, Zhang, Xiaoyan
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author Barmpalias, George
Zhang, Xiaoyan
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Zhang, Xiaoyan
contents A major open problem in computational complexity is the existence of a one-way function, namely a function from strings to strings which is computationally easy to compute but hard to invert. Levin (2023) formulated the notion of one-way functions from reals (infinite bit-sequences) to reals in terms of computability, and asked whether partial computable one-way functions exist. We give a strong positive answer using the hardness of the halting problem and exhibiting a total computable one-way function.
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spellingShingle Computable one-way functions on the reals
Barmpalias, George
Zhang, Xiaoyan
Computational Complexity
Information Theory
Logic
A major open problem in computational complexity is the existence of a one-way function, namely a function from strings to strings which is computationally easy to compute but hard to invert. Levin (2023) formulated the notion of one-way functions from reals (infinite bit-sequences) to reals in terms of computability, and asked whether partial computable one-way functions exist. We give a strong positive answer using the hardness of the halting problem and exhibiting a total computable one-way function.
title Computable one-way functions on the reals
topic Computational Complexity
Information Theory
Logic
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.15817