Finite field arithmetic using quasi-normal bases

  • Authors:
  • Christophe Negre

  • Affiliations:
  • Équipe DALI, Laboratoire LP2A, Université de Perpignan, 52 avenue P. Alduy, Perpignan, France

  • Venue:
  • Finite Fields and Their Applications
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Efficient multiplication in finite fields F"q"^"n requires F"q-bases of low density, i.e., such that the products of the basis elements have a sparse expression in the basis. In this paper we introduce a new family of bases: the quasi-normal bases. These bases generalize the notion of normal bases and provide simple exponentiation to the power q in F"q"^"n. For some extension fields F"q"^"n over F"q, we construct quasi-normal bases of low density.