Fast computation of a rational point of a variety over a finite field
Number Theory
2007-05-23 v1 Algebraic Geometry
Abstract
We exhibit a probabilistic algorithm which computes a rational point of an absolutely irreducible variety over a finite field defined by a reduced regular sequence. Its time--space complexity is roughly quadratic in the logarithm of the cardinality of the field and a geometric invariant of the input system (called its degree), which is always bounded by the Bezout number of the system. Our algorithm works for fields of any characteristic, but requires the cardinality of the field to be greater than a quantity which is roughly the fourth power of the degree of the input variety.
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@article{arxiv.math/0406085,
title = {Fast computation of a rational point of a variety over a finite field},
author = {Antonio Cafure and Guillermo Matera},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0406085},
year = {2007}
}
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