26 research outputs found
Finding Orientations of Supersingular Elliptic Curves and Quaternion Orders
Orientations of supersingular elliptic curves encode the information of an
endomorphism of the curve. Computing the full endomorphism ring is a known hard
problem, so one might consider how hard it is to find one such orientation. We
prove that access to an oracle which tells if an elliptic curve is
-orientable for a fixed imaginary quadratic order
provides non-trivial information towards computing an endomorphism
corresponding to the -orientation. We provide explicit algorithms
and in-depth complexity analysis.
We also consider the question in terms of quaternion algebras. We provide
algorithms which compute an embedding of a fixed imaginary quadratic order into
a maximal order of the quaternion algebra ramified at and . We
provide code implementations in Sagemath which is efficient for finding
embeddings of imaginary quadratic orders of discriminants up to , even
for cryptographically sized
Sato-Tate groups of abelian threefolds
Given an abelian variety over a number field, its Sato-Tate group is a
compact Lie group which conjecturally controls the distribution of Euler
factors of the L-function of the abelian variety. It was previously shown by
Fit\'e, Kedlaya, Rotger, and Sutherland that there are 52 groups (up to
conjugation) that occur as Sato-Tate groups of abelian surfaces over number
fields; we show here that for abelian threefolds, there are 410 possible
Sato-Tate groups, of which 33 are maximal with respect to inclusions of finite
index. We enumerate candidate groups using the Hodge-theoretic construction of
Sato-Tate groups, the classification of degree-3 finite linear groups by
Blichfeldt, Dickson, and Miller, and a careful analysis of Shimura's theory of
CM types that rules out 23 candidate groups; we cross-check this using
extensive computations in Gap, SageMath, and Magma. To show that these 410
groups all occur, we exhibit explicit examples of abelian threefolds realizing
each of the 33 maximal groups; we also compute moments of the corresponding
distributions and numerically confirm that they are consistent with the
statistics of the associated L-functions.Comment: Simplified a calculation in Section 6.4; 87 page
Mobile sound: media art in hybrid spaces
The thesis explores the relationships between sound and mobility through an examination
of sound art. The research engages with the intersection of sound, mobility and
art through original empirical work and theoretically through a critical engagement with
sound studies. In dialogue with the work of De Certeau, Lefebvre, Huhtamo and Habermas
in terms of the poetics of walking, rhythms, media archeology and questions of
publicness, I understand sound art as an experimental mobile and public space.
The thesis establishes and situates the emerging field of mobile sound art by mapping
three key traditions of mobile sound art - locative art, sound art and public art - and
creates a taxonomy of mobile sound art by defining four categories: 'placing sounds',
'sound platforms', 'sonifying mobility' and 'musical instruments' (each represented by
one case study). In doing so it develops a methodology that is attentive to the specifics
of the sonic and mobile of media experience. I demonstrate how sonic interactions and
embodied mobility are designed and experienced in specific ways in each of the four
case studies - 'Aura' by Symons (UK), 'Pophorns' by Torstensson and Sandelin
(Sweden), 'SmSage' by Redfern and Borland (US) and 'Core Sample' by Rueb (US) (all
2007).
In tracing the topos of the musical telephone, discussing the making and breaking of
relevant micro publics, accounting for the polyphonies of footsteps and unwrapping
bundles of rhythms, this thesis contributes to understanding complex media experiences
in hybrid spaces. In doing so it critically sheds light on the quality of sonic artistic experiences, the audience engagement with urban, public and networked spaces and
the relationship between sound art and everyday media experience. My thesis provides valuable insight into auditory ways of mobilising and making public spaces, non-verbal and embodied media practices, and rhythms and scales of mobile media experiences