Title :
Oracles for structural properties: the isomorphism problem and public-key cryptography
Author :
Homer, Steven ; Selman, Alan L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Boston Univ., MA, USA
Abstract :
There exists an oracle, relative to which P ≠ NP and each of the following properties hold: (i) all Σp2-complete sets are p-isomorphic; (ii) P-inseparable pairs of sets in NP do not exist; (iii) intractable public-key cryptosystems do not exist; and (iv) NP-complete sets are closed under union of disjoint sets. Remarkably, these properties all follow from one oracle construction, namely, it is proved that there is an oracle A such that every two disjoint sets in NPA are P-separable, and ΣP2=∪{DTIME(2p )| p is a polynomial}. Additional related relativization results are presented
Keywords :
computational complexity; cryptography; set theory; disjoint sets; isomorphism problem; public-key cryptography; relativization results; structural properties; Complexity theory; Computer science; Educational institutions; National security; Polynomials; Public key cryptography;
Conference_Titel :
Structure in Complexity Theory Conference, 1989. Proceedings., Fourth Annual
Conference_Location :
Eugene, OR
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-1958-9
DOI :
10.1109/SCT.1989.41809