Mathematics Graduate Student Colloquium
MGSC Website: http://math.uci.edu/~mgsc/
Elliptic Curves, Cryptography, and Counting Points
Nick Alexander
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
4:00 pm - 4:50 pm
RH 440R
Talk Abstract:
We will introduce elliptic curves and their applications to cryptography and computer security. We will describe the computationally important "point counting problem" and survey some results and algorithms to solve this problem. We will finish with some recent results that "count points" on certain elliptic curves and generalizations to hyperelliptic curves.
About the Speaker:
Nick Alexander is a sixth year student supervised by Alice Silverberg. He studied in Canada before coming to California.
Advisor and Collaborators
Alice Silverberg is currently Nick's advisor.
Supplementary Materials:
none
Refreshments:
Pizza will be served after the talk.
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