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Choosing the correct elliptic curve in the CM method

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Choosing the correct elliptic curve in the CM method
We give an elementary way to distinguish between the twists of an ordinary elliptic curve E over Fp in order to identify the one with p+1-2U points, when p = U2 + dV 2 with 2U, 2V Z and E is constructed using the CM method for finding elliptic curves with a prescribed number of points. Our algorithms consist in most cases of reading off simple congruence conditions on U and V modulo 4.
Karl Rubin, Alice Silverberg
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Type Journal
Year 2010
Where MOC
Authors Karl Rubin, Alice Silverberg
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