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Isogenies of Elliptic Curves: A Computational Approach
Isogenies, the mappings of elliptic curves, have become a useful tool in
cryptology. These mathematical objects have been proposed for use in computing
pairings, constructing hash functions and random number generators, and
analyzing the reducibility of the elliptic curve discrete logarithm problem.
With such diverse uses, understanding these objects is important for anyone
interested in the field of elliptic curve cryptography. This paper, targeted at
an audience with a knowledge of the basic theory of elliptic curves, provides
an introduction to the necessary theoretical background for understanding what
isogenies are and their basic properties. This theoretical background is used
to explain some of the basic computational tasks associated with isogenies.
Herein, algorithms for computing isogenies are collected and presented with
proofs of correctness and complexity analyses. As opposed to the complex
analytic approach provided in most texts on the subject, the proofs in this
paper are primarily algebraic in nature. This provides alternate explanations
that some with a more concrete or computational bias may find more clear.Comment: Submitted as a Masters Thesis in the Mathematics department of the
University of Washingto
Exact and Efficient Simulation of Concordant Computation
Concordant computation is a circuit-based model of quantum computation for
mixed states, that assumes that all correlations within the register are
discord-free (i.e. the correlations are essentially classical) at every step of
the computation. The question of whether concordant computation always admits
efficient simulation by a classical computer was first considered by B. Eastin
in quant-ph/1006.4402v1, where an answer in the affirmative was given for
circuits consisting only of one- and two-qubit gates. Building on this work, we
develop the theory of classical simulation of concordant computation. We
present a new framework for understanding such computations, argue that a
larger class of concordant computations admit efficient simulation, and provide
alternative proofs for the main results of quant-ph/1006.4402v1 with an
emphasis on the exactness of simulation which is crucial for this model. We
include detailed analysis of the arithmetic complexity for solving equations in
the simulation, as well as extensions to larger gates and qudits. We explore
the limitations of our approach, and discuss the challenges faced in developing
efficient classical simulation algorithms for all concordant computations.Comment: 16 page
Automata and rational expressions
This text is an extended version of the chapter 'Automata and rational
expressions' in the AutoMathA Handbook that will appear soon, published by the
European Science Foundation and edited by JeanEricPin
A lifting and recombination algorithm for rational factorization of sparse polynomials
We propose a new lifting and recombination scheme for rational bivariate
polynomial factorization that takes advantage of the Newton polytope geometry.
We obtain a deterministic algorithm that can be seen as a sparse version of an
algorithm of Lecerf, with now a polynomial complexity in the volume of the
Newton polytope. We adopt a geometrical point of view, the main tool being
derived from some algebraic osculation criterions in toric varieties.Comment: 22 page
Sparse approaches for the exact distribution of patterns in long state sequences generated by a Markov source
We present two novel approaches for the computation of the exact distribution
of a pattern in a long sequence. Both approaches take into account the sparse
structure of the problem and are two-part algorithms. The first approach relies
on a partial recursion after a fast computation of the second largest
eigenvalue of the transition matrix of a Markov chain embedding. The second
approach uses fast Taylor expansions of an exact bivariate rational
reconstruction of the distribution. We illustrate the interest of both
approaches on a simple toy-example and two biological applications: the
transcription factors of the Human Chromosome 5 and the PROSITE signatures of
functional motifs in proteins. On these example our methods demonstrate their
complementarity and their hability to extend the domain of feasibility for
exact computations in pattern problems to a new level
Functional Decomposition using Principal Subfields
Let be a univariate rational function. It is well known that any
non-trivial decomposition , with , corresponds to a
non-trivial subfield and vice-versa. In
this paper we use the idea of principal subfields and fast
subfield-intersection techniques to compute the subfield lattice of
. This yields a Las Vegas type algorithm with improved complexity
and better run times for finding all non-equivalent complete decompositions of
.Comment: 8 pages, accepted for ISSAC'1
Lukasiewicz mu-Calculus
We consider state-based systems modelled as coalgebras whose type incorporates branching, and show that by suitably adapting the definition of coalgebraic bisimulation, one obtains a general and uniform account of the linear-time behaviour of a state in such a coalgebra. By moving away from a boolean universe of truth values, our approach can measure the extent to which a state in a system with branching is able to exhibit a particular linear-time behaviour. This instantiates to measuring the probability of a specific behaviour occurring in a probabilistic system, or measuring the minimal cost of exhibiting a specific behaviour in the case of weighted computations
Fast algorithms for computing isogenies between ordinary elliptic curves in small characteristic
The problem of computing an explicit isogeny between two given elliptic
curves over F_q, originally motivated by point counting, has recently awaken
new interest in the cryptology community thanks to the works of Teske and
Rostovstev & Stolbunov.
While the large characteristic case is well understood, only suboptimal
algorithms are known in small characteristic; they are due to Couveignes,
Lercier, Lercier & Joux and Lercier & Sirvent. In this paper we discuss the
differences between them and run some comparative experiments. We also present
the first complete implementation of Couveignes' second algorithm and present
improvements that make it the algorithm having the best asymptotic complexity
in the degree of the isogeny.Comment: 21 pages, 6 figures, 1 table. Submitted to J. Number Theor
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