Structured Variational Key Concentration for a Reduced AES Cipher

arXiv:2609.26800 · quant-ph · Submitted 2026-08-30 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-08-30

Updated: 2026-08-30

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Terminology

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• Hacking Cryptographic Protocols with Tensor Network Attacks

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