In this paper we present the first efficient point counting algorithm due to Schoof, before giving a significant improvement due to Elkies. In the final section I give Satoh's algorithm which is even faster and has paved the way for the field of $p$-adic point counting.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:ntnu-10018 |
| Date | January 2010 |
| Creators | Birkedal, Ole Andre Blom |
| Publisher | Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for matematiske fag, Institutt for matematiske fag |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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