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most citedQuantum Programming of the Satisfiability Problem with Rydberg Atom Graphs

15 citations · 23 across the 15 of their papers we have counts for

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22 papers

math.MG2026

Lattices with Large Kissing Number from Local Density

Huck Bennett, Minki Hhan, Zihan Li +1

Let denote the maximum kissing number of a lattice . We prove that for all and that $κ_p(n) \geq Ω…

quant-ph2026

Trapdoored Clifford Operators and Applications

Minki Hhan, Hojune Lee

Random Clifford operators have numerous applications in quantum computing, including randomized benchmarking, classical shadows, and quantum authentication. However, sampling and i…

quant-ph2026

Need for Coherent Access in Constructing Quantum Cryptography

Minki Hhan, Changhun Oh, Vaughn Sohn

We construct quantum oracles relative to which quantum-secure one-way functions (OWFs) exist but pseudorandom states (PRSs) with superlogarithmic output length do not. At first gla…

quant-ph2026

An Operator-Norm Approach to Security with Quantum Advice

Minki Hhan, Sunghyuk Jo, Qipeng Liu

Non-uniform security allows an adversary to receive bounded advice about an oracle before attempting a fresh challenge. This captures the most realistic attacks and has already bee…

quant-ph2026

Quantum Security of XOR of Permutations via Fourier Analysis

Wonseok Choi, Minki Hhan, Junyoung Jang

The XOR of two or more independent random permutations (XoP) is the prototypical pseudorandom function built from permutations achieving security beyond the birthday bound. The cla…

quant-ph2026

Derivatives of Quantum Randomness: Separating Pseudorandom Unitaries from Pseudorandom (Function-like) States

Minki Hhan

Quantum computation gives rise to new pseudorandom primitives for states and unitaries, including pseudorandom state generators (PRSGs), pseudorandom function-like state generators…

cs.DS2026

Finding a Shortest Vector and More in Time using -ary Coset Difference Tree

Minki Hhan

This paper presents a new randomized algorithm for solving the exact shortest vector problem. For the -dimensional lattice , our algorithm runs in time and space $2^…

cs.DS2026

Solving the Shortest Vector Problem in Time via Mid-point Hessian

Minki Hhan

We present randomized algorithms for the shortest vector problem (SVP). For the -dimensional lattice , our algorithms solve SVP in time classicall…

q-bio.BM2026

Scalable Enumeration of Pareto-optimal Polymers for Computing Equilibrium Concentrations

Archit Patil, Minki Hhan, David Soloveichik

Predicting equilibrium concentrations of molecular complexes is essential for verifying the behavior of engineered DNA systems. However, a finite set of monomer types can in princi…

quant-ph2025

Proofs of Quantum Memory

Minki Hhan, Tomoyuki Morimae, Yasuaki Okinaka +1

In this paper, we introduce a new concept, proofs of quantum memory (PoQM). A PoQM is an interactive protocol between a classical verifier and a quantum prover over a classical cha…

quant-ph2025

On Limits on the Provable Consequences of Quantum Pseudorandomness

Samuel Bouaziz--Ermann, Minki Hhan, Garazi Muguruza +1

There are various notions of quantum pseudorandomness, such as pseudorandom unitaries (PRUs), pseudorandom state generators (PRSGs), pseudorandom function-like state generators (PR…

cs.DS2025

Computing and Bounding Equilibrium Concentrations in Athermic Chemical Systems

Hamidreza Akef, Minki Hhan, David Soloveichik

Computing equilibrium concentrations of molecular complexes is generally analytically intractable and requires numerical approaches. In this work we focus on the polymer-monomer le…

quant-ph2025

Shallow quantum circuit for generating extremely low-entangled approximate state designs

Wonjun Lee, Minki Hhan, Gil Young Cho +1

Random quantum states have various applications in quantum information science. We discover a new ensemble of quantum states that serve as an -approximate state -design while…

quant-ph2025

Quantum Lifting for Invertible Permutations and Ideal Ciphers

Alexandru Cojocaru, Minki Hhan, Qipeng Liu +2

In this work, we derive the first lifting theorems for establishing security in the quantum random permutation and ideal cipher models. These theorems relate the success probabilit…

quant-ph2024

Pseudorandom Function-like States from Common Haar Unitary

Minki Hhan, Shogo Yamada

Recent active studies have demonstrated that cryptography without one-way functions (OWFs) could be possible in the quantum world. Many fundamental primitives that are natural quan…

quant-ph2024

Does quantum lattice sieving require quantum RAM?

Beomgeun Cho, Minki Hhan, Taehyun Kim +2

In this paper, we study the requirement for quantum random access memory (QRAM) in quantum lattice sieving, a fundamental algorithm for lattice-based cryptanalysis. First, we obtai…

quant-ph2024

A New Approach to Generic Lower Bounds: Classical/Quantum MDL, Quantum Factoring, and More

Minki Hhan

This paper studies the limitations of the generic approaches to solving cryptographic problems in classical and quantum settings in various models. - In the classical generic group…

quant-ph2023

A Note on Output Length of One-Way State Generators and EFIs

Minki Hhan, Tomoyuki Morimae, Takashi Yamakawa

We study the output length of one-way state generators (OWSGs), their weaker variants, and EFIs. - Standard OWSGs. Recently, Cavalar et al. (arXiv:2312.08363) give OWSGs with -q…

quant-ph2023

Trade-off between Information Gain and Disturbance in Local Discrimination of Entangled Quantum States

Youngrong Lim, Minki Hhan, Hyukjoon Kwon

We establish an information gain-disturbance trade-off relation in local state discrimination. Our result demonstrates a fundamental limitation of local strategy to discriminate en…

quant-ph2023★ 8 cited

Quantum Complexity for Discrete Logarithms and Related Problems

Minki Hhan, Takashi Yamakawa, Aaram Yun

This paper studies the quantum computational complexity of the discrete logarithm (DL) and related group-theoretic problems in the context of generic algorithms -- that is, algorit…

quant-ph2023★ 15 cited

Quantum Programming of the Satisfiability Problem with Rydberg Atom Graphs

Seokho Jeong, Minhyuk Kim, Minki Hhan +1

Finding a quantum computing method to solve nondeterministic polynomial time (NP)-complete problems is currently of paramount importance in quantum information science. Here an exp…

quant-ph2022

From the Hardness of Detecting Superpositions to Cryptography: Quantum Public Key Encryption and Commitments

Minki Hhan, Tomoyuki Morimae, Takashi Yamakawa

Recently, Aaronson et al. (arXiv:2009.07450) showed that detecting interference between two orthogonal states is as hard as swapping these states. While their original motivation w…