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In this paper, by using d-level single-particle states, two novel multi-party quantum private comparison protocols for size relation comparison with two semi-honest third parties and one semi-honest third party are constructed, respectively. Here, each protocol can compare the size relation of secret integers from n parties rather than just the equality within one time execution. In each protocol, every third party is assumed to be semi-honest in the sense that she may misbehave on her own but is not allowed to collude with anyone else; and each party employs the qudit shifting operation to encode her secret integer. Each protocol can resist both the outside attack and the participant attack. Specially, each party’s secret integer can be kept unknown to other parties and the third parties. The proposed protocol with two third parties is workable in a stranger environment, as there are no communication and no pre-shared key between each pair of party. The proposed protocol with one third party is workable in an acquaintance environment, as all parties need to share a common private key beforehand.
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The authors would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments that help enhancing the quality of this paper. Funding by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61402407) and the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (Grant No. LY18F020007) is gratefully acknowledged.
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Ye, CQ., Ye, TY. Multi-party quantum private comparison of size relation with d-level single-particle states. Quantum Inf Process 17, 252 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11128-018-2021-8
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