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Shorter addition chain for smooth integers using decomposition method.


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Mohamed, M. A. and Md. Said, Mohamad Rushdan and Mohd Atan, Kamel Ariffin and Ahmad Zulkarnain, Zuriati (2011) Shorter addition chain for smooth integers using decomposition method. International Journal of Computer Mathematics , 88 (11). pp. 2222-2232. ISSN 0020-7160

Abstract

An efficient computation of scalar multiplication in elliptic curve cryptography can be achieved by reducing the original problem into a chain of additions and doublings. Finding the shortest addition chain is an NP-problem. To produce the nearest possible shortest chain, various methods were introduced and most of them depends on the representation of a positive integer n into a binary form. Our method works out the given n by twice decomposition, first into its prime powers and second, for each prime into a series of 2's from which a set of rules based on addition and doubling is defined. Since prime factorization is computationally a hard problem, this method is only suitable for smooth integers. As an alternative, the need to decompose n can be avoided by choosing n of the form p1 e1p2 e2⋯r er. This shall not compromise the security of ECC since its does not depend on prime factorization problem. The result shows a significant improvement over existing methods especially when n grows very large.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Science
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1080/00207160.2010.543456
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Keywords: Elliptic curves cryptography; Addition chain; Scalar multiplication; Binary method; Non-adjacent form; Complementary recoding.
Depositing User: Nur Farahin Ramli
Date Deposited: 17 Jul 2013 08:24
Last Modified: 16 Oct 2015 07:04
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/25154
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