Franchised Quantum Money

Quantum cloning, Quantum Money, and Quantum Monogamy

New Constructions for Quantum Money

We propose an information theoretically secure secret-key quantum money scheme in which the verification of a coin is classical and consists of only one round; namely, a classical query from the user to the bank and an accept/reject answer from the bank to the user. A coin can be verified polynomially (on the number of its qubits) many times before it expires. Our scheme is an improvement on Ga...

Breaking and making quantum money

Quantum money is a cryptographic protocol in which a bank can create quantum states which anyone can verify but no one except possibly the bank can clone or forge. Aaronson [1] proposed a scheme for this, which we show to be insecure. On the positive side, we propose a new scheme, and conjecture that it is secure. Our scheme is inherently quantum, in the sense that there are no classical secret...

Valuation and Damages for Franchised Businesses

Valuation and Damages for Franchised Businesses by Patrick L. Anderson A large number of businesses operate as “franchises,” in which a separate entity creates a brand identity for a product or service that is sold through a system of franchised retailers or wholesalers. Examples include automobile dealers, hotels, beer distributors, restaurants, video, auto and other rental outlets. These busi...

Options on Quantum Money: Quantum Path- Integral With Serial Shocks

The author previously developed a numerical multivariate path-integral algorithm, PATHINT, which has been applied to several classical physics systems, including statistical mechanics of neocortical interactions, options in financial markets, and other nonlinear systems including chaotic systems. A new quantum version, qPATHINT, has the ability to take into account nonlinear and time-dependent ...