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Monoidal categories, representation gap and cryptography

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arxiv 2201.01805 v2 pith:JNUPQ2BW submitted 2022-01-05 math.RT cs.CRmath.GRmath.QA

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The linear decomposition attack provides a serious obstacle to direct applications of noncommutative groups and monoids (or semigroups) in cryptography. To overcome this issue we propose to look at monoids with only big representations, in the sense made precise in the paper, and undertake a systematic study of such monoids. One of our main tools is Green's theory of cells (Green's relations). A large supply of monoids is delivered by monoidal categories. We consider simple examples of monoidal categories of diagrammatic origin, including the Temperley-Lieb, the Brauer and partition categories, and discuss lower bounds for their representations.

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    Rigid non-pivotal Temperley-Lieb, Motzkin, and planar rook monoids have smaller representation gaps than their pivotal counterparts, making them worse for cryptographic use.

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