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Distortion maps for elliptic curves over finite fields

Published: January 14, 2026 | arXiv ID: 2601.09904v1

By: Nikita Andrusov , Sevag Büyüksimkeşyan , Dimitrios Noulas and more

Potential Business Impact:

Makes secret codes harder to break.

Business Areas:
Mapping Services Navigation and Mapping

The Weil pairing on elliptic curves has deep links with discrete logarithm problems. In practice, to better suit the functionalities of cryptosystems, one often needs to modify the original Weil pairing via what is called a distortion map. We propose a study on the question of the existence of distortion maps for elliptic curves over finite fields. We revisit results from the literature and provide detailed proofs. We also propose new perspectives at times.

Page Count
17 pages

Category
Mathematics:
Number Theory