Elliptic periods for finite fields

We construct two new families of basis for finite field extensions. Basis in the first family, the so-called elliptic basis, are not quite normal basis, but they allow very fast Frobenius exponentiation while preserving sparse multiplication formulas. Basis in the second family, the so-called normal elliptic basis are normal basis and allow fast (quasi linear) arithmetic. We prove that all extensions admit models of this kind

Chebyshev Action on Finite Fields

Given a polynomial f and a finite field F one can construct a directed graph where the vertices are the values in the finite field, and emanating from each vertex is an edge joining the vertex to its image under f. When f is a Chebyshev polynomial of prime degree, the graphs display an unusual degree of symmetry. In this paper we provide a complete description of these graphs, and also provide some examples of how these graphs can be used to determine the decomposition of primes in certain field extensions

Counting curves over finite fields

This is a survey on recent results on counting of curves over finite fields. It reviews various results on the maximum number of points on a curve of genus g over a finite field of cardinality q, but the main emphasis is on results on the Euler characteristic of the cohomology of local systems on moduli spaces of curves of low genus and its implications for modular forms.Comment: 25 pages, to appear in Finite Fields and their Application

Constacyclic Codes over Finite Fields

An equivalence relation called isometry is introduced to classify constacyclic codes over a finite field; the polynomial generators of constacyclic codes of length $\ell^tp^s$ are characterized, where $p$ is the characteristic of the finite field and $\ell$ is a prime different from $p$