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Distortion maps for genus two curves

Number Theory 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Distortion maps are a useful tool for pairing based cryptography. Compared with elliptic curves, the case of hyperelliptic curves of genus g > 1 is more complicated since the full torsion subgroup has rank 2g. In this paper we prove that distortion maps always exist for supersingular curves of genus g>1 and we construct distortion maps in genus 2 (for embedding degrees 4,5,6 and 12).

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@article{arxiv.math/0611471,
  title  = {Distortion maps for genus two curves},
  author = {Steven D. Galbraith and Jordi Pujolàs and Christophe Ritzenthaler and Benjamin Smith},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0611471},
  year   = {2007}
}

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16 pages