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On the obfuscatability of quantum point functions

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The goal of this work is to provide a positive result of quantum obfuscation. Point functions have been widely discussed in classical obfuscation theory but yet not formally defined in the quantum setting. To analyze the obfuscatability of quantum point functions, we start with preliminaries on quantum obfuscation, giving out the oracle-implementable relationship of two quantum circuit families and some obfuscations of combined quantum circuits. Then, we present the strict definition of a quantum point function and discuss its variants of multiple points and multiple qubits. Under the quantum-accessible random oracle model, we obtain the obfuscatability of quantum point function families by means of reduction. Finally, we discuss the application of quantum obfuscation in quantum zero-knowledge. As a start of study on quantum point functions, our work will be inspiring in the future development of quantum obfuscation theory.

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This project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61571024) and the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2016YFC1000307).

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Shang, T., Chen, Ryl. & Liu, Jw. On the obfuscatability of quantum point functions. Quantum Inf Process 18, 55 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-019-2172-2

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