#16951: Make random_point() for elliptic curves over a finite field uniform
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Reporter: jdemeyer | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-6.4
Component: elliptic curves | Resolution:
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Authors: Jeroen Demeyer | Reviewers:
Report Upstream: N/A | Work issues:
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Description changed by jdemeyer:
Old description:
New description:
Currently, 2-torsion points are twice as likely as other points to be
"randomly" chosen and the point at infinity is chosen with probability
1/(q+1) regardless of the number of points on E(GF(q)).
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