research article
On isogeny classes of Edwards curves over finite fields
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 $\mathbb{F}_q$ if and only if its group order is divisible by $8$ if $q \equiv -1 \pmod{4}$, and $16$ if $q \equiv 1 \pmod{4}$. Furthermore, we give formulae for the proportion of $d \in \mathbb{F}_q$ \ {0,1} for which the Edwards curve $E_d$ is complete or original, relative to the total number of $d$ in each isogeny class.
Type
research article
Author(s)
Ahmadi, Omran
Date Issued
2012
Publisher
Published in
Volume
132
Issue
6
Start page
1337
End page
1358
Subjects
Editorial or Peer reviewed
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OTHER
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January 18, 2016
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