Improved generalized Atkin algorithm for computing square roots in finite fields

  • Authors:
  • Fanyu Kong;Zhun Cai;Jia Yu;Daxing Li

  • Affiliations:
  • Institute of Network Security, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, Shandong, PR China;Institute of Network Security, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, Shandong, PR China;Institute of Network Security, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, Shandong, PR China;Institute of Network Security, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, Shandong, PR China

  • Venue:
  • Information Processing Letters
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Recently, S. Müller developed a generalized Atkin algorithm for computing square roots, which requires two exponentiations in finite fields GF(q) when q ≡ 9 (mod 16). In this paper, we present a simple improvement to it and the ...