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Fuw-Yi Yang2 Contents Finite Fields DL Problem Elliptic Curves

Fuw-Yi Yang Finite Fields This chapter show that the ElGamal algorithms can be implemented in the unit group (the invertible elements of a commutative ring with unit element form a group) of any finite field, not only of the prime field Z/pZ for a prime p.

Fuw-Yi Yang Finite Fields DL problem Let p be a prime number and let n be a positive integer. In Theorem , we have shown that the unit group of the finite field GF(p n ) is cyclic. Its order is p n - 1. If this order has only small prime factors, then the Pohlig-Hellman DL algorithm will efficiently compute discrete logarithms in this group (see Section 10.5). Otherwise, an index calculus algorithm can be applied (Section 10.6). For fixed n, the number field sieve can be applied. For fixed p and growing n, the function field sieve is used. Both algorithms have running time L q [1/3, c+o(1)]. See next page.

Fuw-Yi Yang Finite Fields 9.4 Analysis of the quadratic sieve Let n, u, v be real numbers and let n be greater than the Euler constant e = L n [u, v] = e v(log n) u (log log n) 1-u. L n [0, v] = e v(log n) 0 (log log n) 1 = e v(log log n) = (log n ) v //polynomial time L n [1, v] = e v(log n) u (log log n) 1-u = e v(log n) //exponential time 0 < u < 1 : subexponential time

Fuw-Yi Yang Elliptic Curves Definition Elliptic curves can be defined over any field. This section only describe elliptic curves over prime fields. Let p be a prime number, p > 3 and let a, b  GF(p). be a positive integer.