A heuristic quasi-polynomial algorithm for discrete logarithm in finite fields of small characteristic

Razvan Barbulescu; Pierrick Gaudry; Antoine Joux; Emmanuel Thomé

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-55220-5_1

A heuristic quasi-polynomial algorithm for discrete logarithm in finite fields of small characteristic

Razvan Barbulescu ¹ Pierrick Gaudry ¹ Antoine Joux ^{2, 3} Emmanuel Thomé ¹

1 INRIA Nancy - Grand Est / LORIA - CARAMEL

2 Chaire de cryptologie

UPMC - Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6

3 CryptoExperts

Abstract : In the present work, we present a new discrete logarithm algorithm, in the same vein as in recent works by Joux, using an asymptotically more efficient descent approach. The main result gives a quasi-polynomial heuristic complexity for the discrete logarithm problem in finite field of small characteristic. By quasi-polynomial, we mean a complexity of type $n^{O(\log n)}$ where $n$ is the bit-size of the cardinality of the finite field. Such a complexity is smaller than any $L(\varepsilon)$ for $\epsilon>0$. It remains super-polynomial in the size of the input, but offers a major asymptotic improvement compared to $L(1/4+o(1))$.

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Conference papers

Phong Q. Nguyen and Elisabeth Oswald. Eurocrypt 2014, May 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark. Springer, 8441, pp.1-16, Advances in Cryptology - EUROCRYPT 2014; Lecture Notes in Computer Science. <10.1007/978-3-642-55220-5_1>

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Computer Science / Cryptography and Security

Mathematics / Number Theory

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