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On isogeny classes of Edwards curves over finite fields

Number Theory 2011-03-18 v1 Cryptography and Security

Abstract

We count the number of isogeny classes of Edwards curves over finite fields, answering a question recently posed by Rezaeian and Shparlinski. We also show that each isogeny class contains a {\em complete} Edwards curve, and that an Edwards curve is isogenous to an {\em original} Edwards curve over \Fq\F_q if and only if its group order is divisible by 8 if q1(mod4)q \equiv -1 \pmod{4}, and 16 if q1(mod4)q \equiv 1 \pmod{4}. Furthermore, we give formulae for the proportion of d\Fq{0,1}d \in \F_q \setminus \{0,1\} for which the Edwards curve EdE_d is complete or original, relative to the total number of dd in each isogeny class.

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@article{arxiv.1103.3381,
  title  = {On isogeny classes of Edwards curves over finite fields},
  author = {Omran Ahmadi and Robert Granger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1103.3381},
  year   = {2011}
}

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27 pages