2007/11/26 by Carlos Mochon, Mochon, Carlos · 3 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Operator Algebra Research #FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #Random Matrices and Applications #Spectral Theory in Mathematical Physics #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0711.4114
80 pages. The main result has thus far only been checked by the author, so it may yet be destined to join the other set of illustrious bit-commitment/coin-flipping papers. For updates see http://lightlike.com/zerocoin/
arxiv created 2007/11/26 · openalex publication_date 2007/11/26 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
"God does not play dice. He flips coins instead." And though for some reason He has denied us quantum bit commitment. And though for some reason he has even denied us strong coin flipping. He has, in His infinite mercy, granted us quantum weak coin flipping so that we too may flip coins. Instructions for the flipping of coins are contained herein. But be warned! Only those who have mastered Kitaev's formalism relating coin flipping and operator monotone functions may succeed. For those foolhardy enough to even try, a complete tutorial is included.