## CryptoDB

### Paper: Parallel Algorithm for Multiplication on Elliptic Curves

Authors: Juan Manuel Garcia Garcia Rolando Menchaca Garcia URL: http://eprint.iacr.org/2002/179 Search ePrint Search Google Given a positive integer $n$ and a point $P$ on an elliptic curve $E$, the computation of $nP$, that is, the result of adding $n$ times the point $P$ to itself, called the \emph{scalar multiplication}, is the central operation of elliptic curve cryptosystems. We present an algorithm that, using $p$ processors, can compute $nP$ in time $O(\log n+H(n)/p+\log p)$, where $H(n)$ is the Hamming weight of $n$. Furthermore, if this algorithm is applied to Koblitz curves, the running time can be reduced to $O(H(n)/p+\log p)$.
##### BibTeX
@misc{eprint-2002-11702,
title={Parallel Algorithm for Multiplication on Elliptic Curves},
booktitle={IACR Eprint archive},
keywords={public-key cryptography / Elliptic curve cryptosystem},
url={http://eprint.iacr.org/2002/179},
note={Published on Proceedings of the ENC'01 jmgarcia@sekureit.com 12010 received 18 Nov 2002, last revised 18 Nov 2002},
author={Juan Manuel Garcia Garcia and Rolando Menchaca Garcia},
year=2002
}