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Mathematics of Computation

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A generic approach to searching for Jacobians
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by Andrew V. Sutherland PDF
Math. Comp. 78 (2009), 485-507

Abstract:

We consider the problem of finding cryptographically suitable Jacobians. By applying a probabilistic generic algorithm to compute the zeta functions of low genus curves drawn from an arbitrary family, we can search for Jacobians containing a large subgroup of prime order. For a suitable distribution of curves, the complexity is subexponential in genus 2, and $O(N^{1/12})$ in genus 3. We give examples of genus 2 and genus 3 hyperelliptic curves over prime fields with group orders over $180$ bits in size, improving previous results. Our approach is particularly effective over low-degree extension fields, where in genus 2 we find Jacobians over $\mathbb {F}_{p^2}$ and trace zero varieties over $\mathbb {F}_{p^3}$ with near-prime orders up to 372 bits in size. For $p = 2^{61}-1$, the average time to find a group with 244-bit near-prime order is under an hour on a PC.
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  • Andrew V. Sutherland
  • Affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307
  • MR Author ID: 852273
  • ORCID: 0000-0001-7739-2792
  • Email: drew@math.mit.edu
  • Received by editor(s): August 15, 2007
  • Received by editor(s) in revised form: January 29, 2008
  • Published electronically: May 20, 2008
  • © Copyright 2008 by the author
  • Journal: Math. Comp. 78 (2009), 485-507
  • MSC (2000): Primary 11G20, 11Y16; Secondary 11M38, 14G50
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-08-02143-1
  • MathSciNet review: 2448717