A survey on signature-based Gr\"obner basis computations

This paper is a survey on the area of signature-based Gr\"obner basis algorithms that was initiated by Faug\`ere's F5 algorithm in 2002. We explain the general ideas behind the usage of signatures. We show how to classify the various known variants by 3 different orderings. For this we give translations between different notations and show that besides notations many approaches are just the same. Moreover, we give a general description of how the idea of signatures is quite natural when performing the reduction process using linear algebra. This survey shall help to outline this field of active research.Comment: 53 pages, 8 figures, 11 table

Predicting zero reductions in Gr\"obner basis computations

Since Buchberger's initial algorithm for computing Gr\"obner bases in 1965 many attempts have been taken to detect zero reductions in advance. Buchberger's Product and Chain criteria may be known the most, especially in the installaton of Gebauer and M\"oller. A relatively new approach are signature-based criteria which were first used in Faug\`ere's F5 algorithm in 2002. For regular input sequences these criteria are known to compute no zero reduction at all. In this paper we give a detailed discussion on zero reductions and the corresponding syzygies. We explain how the different methods to predict them compare to each other and show advantages and drawbacks in theory and practice. With this a new insight into algebraic structures underlying Gr\"obner bases and their computations might be achieved.Comment: 25 pages, 3 figure

A survey on signature-based algorithms for computing Gröbner basis computations

International audienceThis paper is a survey on the area of signature-based Gröbner basis algorithms that was initiated by Faugère's F5 algorithm in 2002. We explain the general ideas behind the usage of signatures. We show how to classify the various known variants by 3 different orderings. For this we give translations between different notations and show that besides notations many approaches are just the same. Moreover, we give a general description of how the idea of signatures is quite natural when performing the reduction process using linear algebra. This survey shall help to outline this field of active research

When Less Is More: Consequence-Finding in a Weak Theory of Arithmetic

This paper presents a theory of non-linear integer/real arithmetic and algorithms for reasoning about this theory. The theory can be conceived as an extension of linear integer/real arithmetic with a weakly-axiomatized multiplication symbol, which retains many of the desirable algorithmic properties of linear arithmetic. In particular, we show that the conjunctive fragment of the theory can be effectively manipulated (analogously to the usual operations on convex polyhedra, the conjunctive fragment of linear arithmetic). As a result, we can solve the following consequence-finding problem: given a ground formula F, find the strongest conjunctive formula that is entailed by F. As an application of consequence-finding, we give a loop invariant generation algorithm that is monotone with respect to the theory and (in a sense) complete. Experiments show that the invariants generated from the consequences are effective for proving safety properties of programs that require non-linear reasoning

Solving Polynomial Systems over Finite Fields: Improved Analysis of the Hybrid Approach

International audienceThe Polynomial System Solving (PoSSo) problem is a fundamental NP-Hard problem in computer algebra. Among others, PoSSo have applications in area such as coding theory and cryptology. Typically, the security of multivariate public-key schemes (MPKC) such as the UOV cryptosystem of Kipnis, Shamir and Patarin is directly related to the hardness of PoSSo over finite fields. The goal of this paper is to further understand the influence of finite fields on the hardness of PoSSo. To this end, we consider the so-called hybrid approach. This is a polynomial system solving method dedicated to finite fields proposed by Bettale, Faugère and Perret (Journal of Mathematical Cryptography, 2009). The idea is to combine exhaustive search with Gröbner bases. The efficiency of the hybrid approach is related to the choice of a trade-off between the two meth- ods. We propose here an improved complexity analysis dedicated to quadratic systems. Whilst the principle of the hybrid approach is simple, its careful analysis leads to rather surprising and somehow unexpected results. We prove that the optimal trade-off (i.e. num- ber of variables to be fixed) allowing to minimize the complexity is achieved by fixing a number of variables proportional to the number of variables of the system considered, denoted n. Under some nat- ural algebraic assumption, we show that the asymptotic complexity of the hybrid approach is 2^{n(3.31−3.62 log_2(q))} , where q is the size of the field (under the condition in particular that log(q) 2). We have been able to quantify the gain provided by the hybrid approach compared to a direct Gröbner basis method. For quadratic systems, we show (assuming a natural algebraic as- sumption) that this gain is exponential in the number of variables. Asymptotically, the gain is 2^{1.49 n} when both n and q grow to infinity and log(q) << n

The Legendre Symbol and the Modulo-2 Operator in Symmetric Schemes over (F_p)^n

Motivated by modern cryptographic use cases such as multi-party computation (MPC), homomorphic encryption (HE), and zero-knowledge (ZK) protocols, several symmetric schemes that are efficient in these scenarios have recently been proposed in the literature. Some of these schemes are instantiated with low-degree nonlinear functions, for example low-degree power maps (e.g., MiMC, HadesMiMC, Poseidon) or the Toffoli gate (e.g., Ciminion). Others (e.g., Rescue, Vision, Grendel) are instead instantiated via high-degree functions which are easy to evaluate in the target application. A recent example for the latter case is the hash function Grendel, whose nonlinear layer is constructed using the Legendre symbol. In this paper, we analyze high-degree functions such as the Legendre symbol or the modulo-2 operation as building blocks for the nonlinear layer of a cryptographic scheme over (F_p)^n. Our focus regards the security analysis rather than the efficiency in the mentioned use cases. For this purpose, we present several new invertible functions that make use of the Legendre symbol or of the modulo-2 operation. Even though these functions often provide strong statistical properties and ensure a high degree after a few rounds, the main problem regards their small number of possible outputs, that is, only three for the Legendre symbol and only two for the modulo-2 operation. By fixing them, it is possible to reduce the overall degree of the function significantly. We exploit this behavior by describing the first preimage attack on full Grendel, and we verify it in practice

Software Engineering and Petri Nets

This booklet contains the proceedings of the Workshop on Software Engineering and Petri Nets (SEPN), held on June 26, 2000. The workshop was held in conjunction with the 21st International Conference on Application and Theory of Petri Nets (ICATPN-2000), organised by the CPN group of the Department of Computer Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark. The SEPN workshop papers are available in electronic form via the web page:http://www.daimi.au.dk/pn2000/proceeding

An Overview of Kinematic and Calibration Models Using Internal/External Sensors or Constraints to Improve the Behavior of Spatial Parallel Mechanisms

This paper presents an overview of the literature on kinematic and calibration models of parallel mechanisms, the influence of sensors in the mechanism accuracy and parallel mechanisms used as sensors. The most relevant classifications to obtain and solve kinematic models and to identify geometric and non-geometric parameters in the calibration of parallel robots are discussed, examining the advantages and disadvantages of each method, presenting new trends and identifying unsolved problems. This overview tries to answer and show the solutions developed by the most up-to-date research to some of the most frequent questions that appear in the modelling of a parallel mechanism, such as how to measure, the number of sensors and necessary configurations, the type and influence of errors or the number of necessary parameters