Faster algorithms for SVP and CVP in the $\ell_{\infty}$ norm
Year: 2018
Type: preprint
Abstract: Blomer and Naewe[BN09] modified the randomized sieving algorithm of Ajtai, Kumar and Sivakumar[AKS01] to solve the shortest vector problem (SVP). The algorithm starts with $N = 2^{O(n)}$ randomly chosen vectors in the lattice and employs a sieving procedure to iteratively obtain shorter vectors in the lattice. The running time of the sieving procedure is quadratic in $N$.
We study this problem for the special but important case of the $\ell_\infty$ norm. We give a new sieving procedure that runs in time linear in $N$, thereby significantly improving the running time of the algorithm for SVP in the $\ell_\infty$ norm. As in [AKS02],[BN09], we also extend this algorithm to obtain significantly faster algorithms for approximate versions of the shortest vector problem and the closest vector problem (CVP) in the $\ell_\infty$ norm.
We also show that the heuristic sieving algorithms of Nguyen and Vidick [NV08] and Wang et.al.[WLTB11] can also be analyzed in the $\ell_{\infty}$ norm. The main technical contribution in this part is to calculate the expected volume of intersection of a unit ball centred at origin and another ball of a different radius centred at a uniformly random point on the boundary of the unit ball. This might be of independent interest.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Divesh Aggarwal, Priyanka Mukhopadhyay
Language: English
Subfield: Computational Theory and Mathematics
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2782637142
