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A CM construction of curves of genus 2 with p-rank 1

Authors :
Laura Hitt O'Connor
Marco Streng
Michael Naehrig
Gary McGuire
Discrete Mathematics
Coding Theory and Cryptology
Source :
Journal of Number Theory, 131(5), 920-935, Journal of Number Theory, 131(5), 920-935. Academic Press Inc.
Publication Year :
2011

Abstract

We construct Weil numbers corresponding to genus-2 curves with $p$-rank 1 over the finite field $\F_{p^2}$ of $p^2$ elements. The corresponding curves can be constructed using explicit CM constructions. In one of our algorithms, the group of $\F_{p^2}$-valued points of the Jacobian has prime order, while another allows for a prescribed embedding degree with respect to a subgroup of prescribed order. The curves are defined over $\F_{p^2}$ out of necessity: we show that curves of $p$-rank 1 over $\F_p$ for large $p$ cannot be efficiently constructed using explicit CM constructions.<br />Comment: 19 pages

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0022314X
Volume :
131
Issue :
5
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Number Theory
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....eba92655a9a14f74555ecef40c924d4d