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An introduction to the theory of elliptic curves the discrete logarithm problem fix a group g and an element g 2 g. A new family of maximal curves over a finite field is presented and some of their properties are investigated. Equations singular points the discriminant elliptic curves f 2 elliptic curves f 3 the sum of points examples structure of ef 2 structure of ef 3 further examples notations fields of characteristics 0 1 q is the. If you intersect with any line, there are exactly 3 solutions. In this paper we present a deterministic algorithm to compute the number of f points of an elliptic curve that is defined over a finite field fv and which is given by. The cyclic group over the ecdlp problem is posed is a subset of the set of point of the elliptic curve. This is the riemann hypothesis for curves over finite fields. A number of authors presented the results and conjectures related to the study of the monodromy groups of curves over finite fields. Using a result of waterhouse, we classify the isogeny classes of elliptic curves for which this conjecture holds in terms of the size of the finite field and the trace of the frobenius endomorphism acting on the curve. Elliptic curves over finite fields sage reference manual. Statistics for traces of cyclic trigonal curves over. Most concretely, an elliptic curve is the set of zeroes of a cubic polynomial in two variables.
Details concerning their construction, arithmetic and basic properties may be found in chapter elliptic curves. Rational points on curves and surfaces over finite fields and. For reasons to be explained later, we also toss in an. Differential operators and hyperelliptic curves over finite.
Curves over finite fields with many points dartmouth. Elliptic curves over finite fields and the computation of square roots mod p by rene schoof abstract. In particular, they study the monodromy groups from genus \0\ covers, reductions of covers, and explicit computation of monodromy groups over finite fields. In computational perspectives on number theory chicago, il, 1995, volume 7 of amsip stud.
The theory of algebraic curves over finite fields, their zeta and lfunctions, and, for the first time, the theory of algebraic geometric goppa codes on algebraic curves are developed in this text. Elliptic curves over prime and binary fields in cryptography. Elliptic and modular curves over finite fields and related computational issues. Introduction to finite fields this example illustrates that the group structure i. Rational points on curves and surfaces over finite fields.
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