Global duality, signature calculus and the discrete logarithm problem
Number Theory
2007-10-15 v1
Abstract
We study the discrete logarithm problem for the multiplicative group and for elliptic curves over a finite field by using a lifting of the corresponding object to an algebraic number field and global duality. We introduce the \textit{signature} of a Dirichlet character (in the multiplicative group case) or principal homogeneous space (in the elliptic curve case), which is a measure of the ramification at certain places. We then develop \textit{signature calculus}, which generalizes and refines the index calculus method. Finally, we show the random polynomial time equivalence for these two cases between the problem of computing signatures and the discrete logarithm problem.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0710.2363,
title = {Global duality, signature calculus and the discrete logarithm problem},
author = {Ming-Deh Huang and Wayne Raskind},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.2363},
year = {2007}
}