[Resource Topic] 2006/257: Efficient Divisor Class Halving on Genus Two Curves

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Title:
Efficient Divisor Class Halving on Genus Two Curves

Authors: Peter Birkner

Abstract:

Efficient halving of divisor classes offers the possibility to improve scalar multiplication on hyperelliptic curves and is also a step towards giving hyperelliptic curve cryptosystems all the features that elliptic curve systems have. We present a halving algorithm for divisor classes of genus 2 curves over finite fields of characteristic 2. We derive explicit halving formulae from a doubling algorithm by reversing this process. A family of binary curves, that are not known to be weak, is covered by the proposed algorithm. Compared to previous known halving algorithms, we achieve a noticeable speed-up for this family of curves.

ePrint: https://eprint.iacr.org/2006/257

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