Elliptic curves over finite fields and the computation of. Featured texts all books all texts latest this just in smithsonian libraries fedlink us genealogy lincoln collection. It is a prime eld in the sense that there are no proper sub elds of f p. Our notation and terminology on algebraic plane curves over finite fields, their function fields, divisors and riemannroch spaces are standard, see for instance 17, 29,41. Algebraic curves over finite fields with many rational points have received a lot of attention in recent years. Introduction to finite fields this example illustrates that the group structure i. Hypergeometric functions over finite fields and relations to modular forms and elliptic curves. They address old and new problems on curves and other aspects of finite fields, with emphasis on their diverse applications to many areas of pure and applied mathematics. Algebraic curves over nite elds in this chapter, we will recall some basic knowledge of nite elds, schemes theory and algebraic curves.
Full text of a torelli theorem for curves over finite fields. Recently, the authors discovered another important application of such curves, namely to the construction of lowdiscrepancy sequences. Using the fact that a field is a vector space over its prime subfield. Algebraic complexities and algebraic curves over finite fields. Algebraic curves, finite fields, rational points, genus, linear codes, asymp totics, tower of curves. Onelevel density for cyclic trigonal curves the rst project concerns the computation of the average number of points of f qn, the one. We present a survey of this subject covering both the case of fixed genus and the. The focus in this application of algebraic geometry to coding theory is on algebraic curves over finite fields with many rational points relative to the genus. That is to say, not all the points in the referred curve will be in the cyclic group. The class groups of certain elliptic function fields without complex multiplications are computed. It is wellknown that if e is an elliptic curve over the nite eld f p, then ef p zmz zmkz for some positive integers m. You are advised to consult the publishers version publishers pdf if you. The most common examples of finite fields are given by the integers mod p when p is a.
University of groningen algebraic curves over finite. Alina bucur, ucsd for background material, and more details about the projects, see the notes. In 2005, this was embedded in a larger project of determining n. The text describes a representation using polynomials. In essence coding theory is a game where one tries to. Hypergeometric functions over finite fields and relations. Rational points on curves over finite fields by harald. Furthermore it is known that every finite group occurs in this way, since, for any ground field k and any finite group g, there exists an algebraic curve x defined over k such that autx. Rational points on curves and surfaces over finite fields. Lets ignore the deeper reason for this and simply say that if the characteristic were two or.
This phd project was carried out at the johann bernoulli institute according to the requirements of the graduate school of science faculty of mathematics and natural sciences, u. Algebraic curves with many points over finite fields fernando torres as long as algebra and geometry proceeded along separate paths, their advance was slow and their applications limited. Alternatively, one may use an approach admitting a simple parallelisation due to. The geometry of algebraic curves over finite fields is a rich area of research. Lectures on zeta functions over finite fields daqing wan department of mathematics, university of california, irvine, ca926973875 email. The cyclic group over the ecdlp problem is posed is a subset of the set of point of the elliptic curve. Constructing finite fields there are several ways to represent the elements of a finite field. Finite fields mathematical and statistical sciences. Elliptic curves over f q introduction history length of ellipses why elliptic curves. Addition of points on elliptic curves over a finite field. We present a survey of this subject covering both the case of fixed genus and the asymptotic theory. Discrete logarithms in curves over finite fields 3 ri r2i, one recovers pollards. Stange stanford university boise reu, june 14th, 2011. This can be done over any eld over which there is a rational point.
In number theory, the local zeta function zv, s sometimes called the congruent zeta function is defined as. Tates isogeny theorem states that there is an isogeny from e 1 to. A rough gauge of the quality of a code is provided by two invariants. This method is a bit cumbersome for doing calculations. Masters thesis algebraic curves over finite fields carmen. Here, the authors relate an important application of such curves, namely, to the construction of lowdiscrepancy sequences, needed for numerical methods in diverse areas. Pdf the genus of curves over finite fields with many. Chudnovsky department of mathematics, columbia university, new york, new york 100. Group structures of elliptic curves over finite fields vorrapan chandee, chantal david, dimitris koukoulopoulos, and ethan smith abstract. In algebraic geometry, curves are onedimensional varieties, and just as there is a version of the riemann hypothesis for curves over finite fields, there is also a version of the riemann hypothesis for higherdimensional varieties over finite fields, called the weil conjectures, since they were proposed by weil himself after he proved the case. Here we explain the main tools for finding rational points on a curve over a finite field and provide the necessary background on ring and field theory. An introduction to the theory of elliptic curves the discrete logarithm problem fix a group g and an element g 2 g. Introduction let x be a curve of genus g defined ove ar field k with q elements, and let n be the number of rational point osf x.
Introduction outline technical tools the strategy proofs notation. In this paper we present a deterministic algorithm to compute the number of fpoints of an elliptic curve that is defined over a finite field fv and which is given by a weierstrass equation. Before we continue, we make the standing assumption that the characteristic of fq is not two or three, i. Algebraic curves over a finite field princeton series in. The smallest integer m satisfying h gm is called the logarithm or index of h with respect to g, and is denoted. The history of counting points on curves over finite fields goes back at least to. The most important arithmetic quantity associated with such a curve is its number of rational points.
We start by proving a theorem of hasse which says that if k is a field with q elements, and e k is an elliptic curve, then e k contains approximately q points, with an. This is a survey on recent results on counting of curves over finite fields. On the number of rational points of curves over finite fields. These workshops brought together the most prominent researchers in the area of finite fields and their applications around the world. In this chapter we study elliptic curves defined over a finite field.
Matthew papanikolas the theory of hypergeometric functions over. Very useful both for research and in the classroom. Rational points on algebraic curves over finite fields is a key topic for algebraic geometers and coding theorists. Pdf the genus of curves over finite fields with many rational points. Algebraic complexities and algebraic curves over finite fields d. The riemann hypothesis for curves over finite fields. Here, only a brief exposition of the main construction, due to goppa, and a few illustrative examples are presented in section. On curves over finite fields by arnaldo garcia emis. Most of the machinery has been constructed with elliptic curve cryptography in mind. Questions about the structure of these groups and the arithmetical nature of their orders are considered.
The main reason to use this book in a classroom is to prepare students for new research in the fields of finite geometries, curves in positive characteristic in a projective space, and curves over a finite field and their applications to coding theory. As with any field, a finite field is a set on which the operations of multiplication, addition, subtraction and division are defined and satisfy certain basic rules. The chordtangent method does give rise to a group law if a point is xed as the zero element. The bounds obtained lead to a proof of the riemann hypothesis for curves over finite fields and yield several improvements on it.
This chapter describes the specialised facilities for elliptic curves defined over finite fields. Introduction jacobi was the rst person to suggest in 1835 using the group law on a cubic curve e. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. Rational point counts for del pezzo surfaces over finite fields and coding theory abstract the goal of this thesis is to apply an approach due to elkies to study the distribution of rational point counts for certain families of curves and surfaces over nite elds. But when these sciences joined company they drew from each other fresh vitality and thenceforward marched on at a rapid pace towards perfection. The constants in the bound are related to the weierstrass order. In 1948 weil 12 prove thde riemann hypothesis for curves over finite fields which states that and, in. Algebraic curves over a finite field are the basic structure in the theory of algebraicgeometry codes, which combines algebraic geometry and errorcorrecting codes. In previous work, the authors investigated a particular aspect of the geometry over finite fields of the classical. Details concerning their construction, arithmetic and basic properties may be found in chapter elliptic curves. We will give other representations that are more computationally friendly.
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