Re: Unconditional quantum bit commitment

2000-06-29 Thread R. Hirschfeld
According to a source in the area who I consider to be reliable, Dominic Mayers's impossibility theorem applies, and this result is therefore incorrect. I'd thus encourage people to check the paper thoroughly before relying on its results. I haven't done so myself because I suspect much of the q

Unconditional quantum bit commitment

2000-06-28 Thread staym
Today on http://xxx.lanl.gov/list/quant-ph/new quant-ph/0006109 [abs, src, ps, other] : Title: Unconditionally Secure Quantum Bit Commitment Is Possible Authors: Horace P. Yuen Comments: 12 pages Bit commitment involves the submission of evidence from one party to another s