Post Quantum Cryptography from Mutant Prime Knots

TL;DR

This paper introduces a classical cryptographic protocol leveraging the complexity of decomposing mutant prime knots, offering intrinsic security against quantum attacks by utilizing topological knot theory.

Contribution

It proposes a novel cryptographic scheme based on the difficulty of knot decomposition, integrating asymmetric and symmetric protocols with quantum resistance.

Findings

Protocol is secure against quantum eavesdroppers.

Uses topological properties of knots for cryptography.

Combines asymmetric and symmetric cryptographic features.

Abstract

By resorting to basic features of topological knot theory we propose a (classical) cryptographic protocol based on the `difficulty' of decomposing complex knots generated as connected sums of prime knots and their mutants. The scheme combines an asymmetric public key protocol with symmetric private ones and is intrinsecally secure against quantum eavesdropper attacks.