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\title{Lattice Cryptography from First Principles:\\A Builder's Guide}
\author{
Lux Research \\
Lux Industries, Inc.\thanks{Corresponding author: [email protected]}\\
\texttt{[email protected]}
}
\date{2025}
\begin{document}
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\begin{abstract}
Lattice-based cryptography is the foundation of post-quantum security: ML-DSA
for signatures, ML-KEM for key encapsulation, and Pulsar for threshold schemes
all build on the hardness of lattice problems. This paper teaches lattice cryptography
from the ground up---not as a survey of results, but as a builder's guide for engineers
implementing these schemes. We cover: lattices and their geometry, the Learning With Errors
(LWE) problem and why it is hard, Ring-LWE and Module-LWE for practical efficiency, the
Number Theoretic Transform (NTT) for polynomial arithmetic, how ML-DSA and ML-KEM work
step by step, and how Pulsar extends these to threshold operations. We include Go code
for every non-trivial algorithm and explain every design decision in terms of the
security/performance tradeoff it represents. This is the paper we wish existed when we
started implementing post-quantum cryptography for Lux Network.
\end{abstract}
\tableofcontents
\newpage
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\input{sections/01-what-is-a-lattice}
\input{sections/02-learning-with-errors-lwe}
\input{sections/03-ring-lwe-and-module-lwe}
\input{sections/04-the-number-theoretic-transform}
\input{sections/05-how-ml-kem-kyber-works}
\input{sections/06-how-ml-dsa-dilithium-works}
\input{sections/07-corona-threshold-lattice-signatures}
\input{sections/08-our-go-implementation}
\input{sections/09-security-parameters-and-concrete-hardnes}
\input{sections/10-common-implementation-pitfalls}
\input{sections/99-conclusion}
\end{document}