I understand for prime curves it is just `bytes(0x02 + flag) + bytes(x)` where flag is the LSB of y. For the F2m curves I cannot make out how to do it.
IEEE P1363 <http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/1363/IBC/material/P1363.3-D1-200805.pdf%20section%205.6.6.1.2> section 5.6.6.1.2 appears to say flag is '1 if y of point > y of inverse point else 0' which I think just means `if y > x`. these slides <http://cs.ucsb.edu/~koc/ccs130h/projects/03-ecc-protocols/Julio_Slides.pdf> (slide 15) by Julio Lopez and Ricardo Dahab appear to suggest my interpretation of the IEEE method is off (I think). http://www.secg.org/sec1-v2.pdf <http://www.secg.org/sec1-v2.pdf%20section%202.3.3%20part%202.2.2> (which I think is the standard reference) section 2.3.3 part 2.2.2 has yet another notation that I do not understand. I was told there are multiple ways. Can someone please explain the most *standard* (or easiest) way requiring size m + 1, preferably from a programmer's perspective? This math is beyond me :) Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
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