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Discrete Logarithm Problem ★★★

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If $ p $ is prime and $ g,h \in {\mathbb Z}_p^* $, we write $ \log_g(h) = n $ if $ n \in {\mathbb Z} $ satisfies $ g^n = h $. The problem of finding such an integer $ n $ for a given $ g,h \in {\mathbb Z}^*_p $ (with $ g \neq 1 $) is the Discrete Log Problem.

Conjecture   There does not exist a polynomial time algorithm to solve the Discrete Log Problem.

Keywords: discrete log; NP

Posted by cplxphil
updated February 25th, 2013
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