Goutam Paul

  1. Revisiting Fermat's Factorization for the RSA Modulus.

    Authors: Goutam Paul, Sounak Gupta
    Subjects: Cryptography and Security
    Abstract

    We revisit Fermat's factorization method for a positive integer $n$ that is a
    product of two primes $p$ and $q$. Such an integer is used as the modulus for
    both encryption and decryption operations of an RSA cryptosystem. The security
    of RSA relies on the hardness of factoring this modulus. As a consequence of
    our analysis, two variants of Fermat's approach emerge. We also present a
    comparison between the two methods' effective regions.

  2. On Necessary and Sufficient Number of Cops in the Game of Cops and Robber in Multidimensional Grids.

    Authors: Sayan Bhattacharya, Goutam Paul, Swagato Sanyal
    Subjects: Discrete Mathematics
    Abstract

    We theoretically analyze the Cops and Robber Game for the first time in a
    multidimensional grid. It is shown that for an $n$-dimensional grid, at least
    $n$ cops are necessary to ensure capture of the robber. We also present a set
    of cop strategies for which $n$ cops are provably sufficient to catch the
    robber. Further, for two-dimensional grid, we provide an efficient cop strategy
    for which the robber is caught even by a single cop under certain conditions.

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