GitHub - tsotchke/quantum_rng: Semi-Classical Quantum Random Number Generator library written in C for cryptographic, simulation and generative AI applications with examples

🌌 Quantum RNG

A high-performance quantum-inspired random number generator that leverages quantum mechanical principles in classical computing environments. This library simulates quantum phenomena on classical hardware to generate high-quality random numbers with proven entropy characteristics.

✨ Features

• Quantum-inspired random number generation using simulated quantum effects:
  • Quantum superposition
  • State vector evolution
  • Quantum entanglement
  • Decoherence simulation
• High entropy output (63.999872 bits/sample)
• Comprehensive test suite with statistical validation
• Extensive documentation and examples
• Cross-platform C implementation
• Hardware-optimized performance

⚡ Performance

• 4.82M operations per second
• 178.45 MB/sec throughput
• ~4KB context size
• Optimized for L1 cache usage
• Verified non-deterministic output
• Competitive with leading classical RNGs while providing quantum properties

🛠️ Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/tsotchke/quantum_rng.git
cd quantum_rng

# Build the library and examples
make

🚀 Quick Start

#include <quantum_rng.h>

int main() {
    qrng_ctx *ctx;
    qrng_error err;
    
    // Initialize RNG
    err = qrng_init(&ctx, NULL, 0);
    if (err != QRNG_SUCCESS) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to initialize: %s\n", qrng_error_string(err));
        return 1;
    }
    
    // Generate random numbers
    printf("Random uint64: %lu\n", qrng_uint64(ctx));
    printf("Random double: %f\n", qrng_double(ctx));
    printf("Random range [1,6]: %d\n", qrng_range(ctx, 1, 6));
    
    // Cleanup
    qrng_free(ctx);
    return 0;
}

📚 Documentation

• Quantum RNG Deep Dive - Comprehensive explanation of the quantum RNG's principles, advantages, and impact
• API Reference - Detailed API documentation with examples
• Quantum Principles - Technical details of quantum simulation
• Performance Analysis - Detailed performance metrics and comparisons

💡 Examples

🔒 Cryptography

The initial release includes two cryptographic examples that demonstrate the library's capabilities in security applications:

Key Derivation

• Implementation: examples/crypto/key_derivation.c
• Tests: examples/crypto/key_derivation_test.c
• Analysis: examples/crypto/key_derivation_analysis.md

Features:

• Quantum-enhanced key derivation
• Multiple iterations showing optimization progress
• Comprehensive test suite
• Performance analysis

Key Exchange

• Implementation: examples/crypto/key_exchange.c
• Tests: examples/crypto/key_exchange_test.c
• Analysis: examples/crypto/key_exchange_analysis.md

Features:

• Secure key exchange protocol
• Quantum entropy integration
• Test suite with security verification
• Performance benchmarks

💹 Finance

Monte Carlo Simulation

• Implementation: examples/finance/monte_carlo.c
• Header: examples/finance/monte_carlo.h
• Analysis: examples/finance/monte_carlo_analysis.md

Features:

• Advanced financial modeling using quantum randomness
• Efficient path generation
• Statistical analysis tools
• Performance optimizations
• Comprehensive documentation

🎲 Games

Quantum Dice

• Implementation: examples/games/quantum_dice.c
• Header: examples/games/quantum_dice.h

A simple but effective demonstration of the RNG in action:

• Fair dice rolling implementation
• Configurable sides (d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20, etc.)
• Statistical distribution tests
• Example of basic RNG usage

🧪 Testing

The library includes a comprehensive test suite:

# Run all tests
make test

# Run specific test suites
./tests/comprehensive_test  # Full functionality verification
./tests/edge_cases_test    # Edge case handling
./tests/test_quantum_rng   # Core RNG validation

Statistical Testing

# Run statistical tests
./tests/statistical/statistical_tests

# Run quantum property verification
./tests/quantum_stats

📊 Performance Testing

# Run full benchmark suite
make benchmark
./benchmark_suite

# Run specific benchmarks
./tests/benchmark_matrix   # Matrix operation performance

🔮 Future Improvements

We have several exciting examples and applications in development that will be released soon:

Finance Applications

• Options Pricing - Black-Scholes model with quantum entropy
• Quantum Portfolio - Portfolio optimization using quantum principles
• Heston Model - Stochastic volatility modeling

Game Development

• Quantum Evolution - Evolutionary algorithms with quantum randomness
• Particle System - Physics-based particle simulation
• Procedural Worlds - Terrain and world generation
• Quantum Slots - Fair slot machine implementation
• Terrain Generation - Advanced landscape generation
• Loot System - Fair item drop system

Machine Learning

• Quantum Transformer - RNG-enhanced transformer architecture
• Neural Initialization - Quantum-inspired weight initialization
• Quantum GAN - Generative adversarial network with quantum noise

Scientific Applications

• Molecular Dynamics - Particle simulation
• Quantum Walk - Random walk implementations
• Weather Simulation - Atmospheric modeling
• Quantum Noise - Advanced noise generation

Networking

• Quantum Routing - Network routing algorithms
• Traffic Simulation - Network traffic modeling

Each of these examples will be thoroughly tested and documented before release, demonstrating the versatility of the Quantum RNG library across different domains.

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see our Contributing Guidelines for details on:

• Code style and standards
• Testing requirements
• Documentation expectations
• Pull request process

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Nielsen & Chuang's "Quantum Computation and Quantum Information"
• The quantum computing research community
• All contributors and testers

📝 Citation

If you use this library in your research, please cite:

@software{quantum_rng,
  title = {Semi-Classical Quantum Random Number Generator With Examples},
  author = {tsotchke},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://github.com/tsotchke/quantum_rng}
}