Complexity-Theoretic One-Way Functions, Cryptography, and Pseudorandom Generators

This project studies complexity-theoretic one-way functions, cryptography, and pseudorandom generators. One central focus is seeking characterizations regarding the existance of various types of one-way functions. Also of interest is the extent to which queries can be made without leaking information, and learning more about the connection between foundational complexity-theoretic notions and whether all pseudorandom generators are insecure. This project is in the worst-case idiom, i.e., it studies so-called complexity-theoretic one-way functions.