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A Cryptographic Test of Quantumness and Certifiable Randomness from a Single Quantum Device

Brakerski, Zvika
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Christiano, Paul
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Mahadev, Urmila
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August 12, 2021
Journal of the ACM

We consider a new model for the testing of untrusted quantum devices, consisting of a single polynomial time bounded quantum device interacting with a classical polynomial time verifier. In this model, we propose solutions to two tasks-a protocol for efficient classical verification that the untrusted device is "truly quantum"and a protocol for producing certifiable randomness from a single untrusted quantum device. Our solution relies on the existence of a new cryptographic primitive for constraining the power of an untrusted quantum device: post-quantum secure trapdoor claw-free functions that must satisfy an adaptive hardcore bit property. We show how to construct this primitive based on the hardness of the learning with errors (LWE) problem.

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research article
DOI
10.1145/3441309
Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85121119628

Author(s)
Brakerski, Zvika

Weizmann Institute of Science Israel

Christiano, Paul

OpenAI, Inc.

Mahadev, Urmila

California Institute of Technology

Vazirani, Umesh

University of California, Berkeley

Vidick, Thomas  orcid-logo

California Institute of Technology

Date Issued

2021-08-12

Published in
Journal of the ACM
Volume

68

Issue

5

Subjects

certified randomness

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quantum interactive proofs

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Test of quantumness

Editorial or Peer reviewed

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OTHER

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November 21, 2025
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