Re: Elliptic curves over finite fields of characteristic 3

From: Colin Andrew Percival (cperciva_at_sfu.ca)
Date: 07/28/05 

Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 22:31:58 +0000 (UTC)

Peter Schwabe <peter_schwabe@web.de> wrote:
> does anyone know, where to find detailed information about how to
> implement elliptic curves over finite fields of characteristic 3. Detailed
> means: Which projective coordinates should be used, how does the group law
> look like etc.

As Paul said, I don't think anyone has looked at ECC over GF(3^k) --
probably because if you're going to use a prime power then GF(2^k) is
rather easier to implement.

Colin Percival

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