Faster halvings in genus 2

P. Birkner, N. Thériault

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Abstract

We study divisor class halving for hyperelliptic curves of genus 2 over binary fields. We present explicit halving formulas for the most interesting curves (from a cryptographic perspective), as well as all other curves whose group order is not divisible by 4. Each type of curve is characterized by the degree and factorization form of the polynomial h(x) in the curve equation. For each of these curves, we provide explicit halving formulæ for all possible divisor classes, and not only the most frequent case where the degree of the first polynomial in the Mumford representation is 2. In the optimal performance case, where h(x)¿=¿x, we also improve on the state-of-the-art and when h(x) is irreducible of degree 2, we achieve significant savings over both the doubling as well as the previously fastest halving formulas.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSelected Areas in Cryptography (15th Annual Workshop, SAC 2008, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada, August 14-15, 2008, Revised Selected Papers)
EditorsR. Avanzi, L. Keliher, F. Sica
Place of PublicationBerlin
PublisherSpringer
Pages1-17
ISBN (Print)978-3-642-04158-7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume5381
ISSN (Print)0302-9743

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