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Character Sums and Deterministic Polynomial Root Finding in Finite Fields
We obtain a new bound of certain double multiplicative character sums. We use
this bound together with some other previously obtained results to obtain new
algorithms for finding roots of polynomials modulo a prime
On Taking Square Roots without Quadratic Nonresidues over Finite Fields
We present a novel idea to compute square roots over finite fields, without
being given any quadratic nonresidue, and without assuming any unproven
hypothesis. The algorithm is deterministic and the proof is elementary. In some
cases, the square root algorithm runs in bit operations
over finite fields with elements. As an application, we construct a
deterministic primality proving algorithm, which runs in
for some integers .Comment: 14 page
Encoding points on hyperelliptic curves over finite fields in deterministic polynomial time
We present families of (hyper)elliptic curve which admit an efficient
deterministic encoding function
The Multivariate Resultant is NP-hard in any Characteristic
The multivariate resultant is a fundamental tool of computational algebraic
geometry. It can in particular be used to decide whether a system of n
homogeneous equations in n variables is satisfiable (the resultant is a
polynomial in the system's coefficients which vanishes if and only if the
system is satisfiable). In this paper we present several NP-hardness results
for testing whether a multivariate resultant vanishes, or equivalently for
deciding whether a square system of homogeneous equations is satisfiable. Our
main result is that testing the resultant for zero is NP-hard under
deterministic reductions in any characteristic, for systems of low-degree
polynomials with coefficients in the ground field (rather than in an
extension). We also observe that in characteristic zero, this problem is in the
Arthur-Merlin class AM if the generalized Riemann hypothesis holds true. In
positive characteristic, the best upper bound remains PSPACE.Comment: 13 page
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