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Elementary operations: the complexity of basic operations like additions, multiplications for integers and polynomials. Polynomials: The complexity of factorization, irreducibility testing, ideal membership etc for polynomials over finite fields. Motivating example: Reed Solomon codes. Integer Lattices: the complexity of finding a short vector in an integer lattice. Motivating example; polynomial factorization. Integers: The complexity of factorization, primality testing, discrete log computation etc for integers. Motivating examples: RSA and El Gamal cryptosystems. Elliptic curves: the complexity of addition, point counting etc. for elliptic curves. Motivating examples: Elliptic curve crypto systems and integer factoring.
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