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Semi-quantum private comparison protocol of size relation with d-dimensional Bell states

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Based on \(d\)-dimensional Bell states, a new semi-quantum private comparison protocol is designed under the assistance of a semi-honest third party. Compared with the existing semi-quantum private comparison protocols, the presented semi-quantum private comparison protocol could compare the size relation between two classical participants’ secrets in one-time execution without divulging their secrets. This could reduce the consumption of quantum resources and raise the efficiency of the proposed semi-quantum private comparison protocol. The correctness of the suggested protocol is validated and further supported by giving some examples. The performance of this protocol against external attacks and internal attacks has also been analyzed.

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 61871205 and 61561033), the Major Academic Discipline and Technical Leader of Jiangxi Province (No. 20162BCB22011) and the Foundation of Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Public Big Data (No. 2019BDKFJJ001).

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  1. Department of Electronic Information Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, China

    Nan-Run Zhou & Li-Hua Gong

  2. Department of Computer Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, China

    Qiang-Da Xu

  3. Guizhou University, Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Public Big Data, Guiyang, 550025, Guizhou, China

    Ni-Suo Du

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Zhou, NR., Xu, QD., Du, NS. et al. Semi-quantum private comparison protocol of size relation with d-dimensional Bell states. Quantum Inf Process 20, 124 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-021-03056-6

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