Generalised Weber functions

evaluated at some quadratic integer generates the ring class field associated to an order of an imaginary quadratic field. We compare the heights of our invariants by giving a general formula for the degree of the modular equation relating

w_{N} (z)

and

j (z)

. Our ultimate goal is the use of these invariants in constructing reductions of elliptic curves over finite fields suitable for cryptographic use.

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The purpose of this article is a systematic study of class invariants obtained as singular values of the generalized Weber function \(W_{N}\) which is defined as \(W_{N}=\frac{\eta(\frac{z}{N})}{\eta{(z)}}\), where \(\eta(z)\) is the Dedekind eta-function and \(N\) a natural number \(N\geq 2\).NEWLINENEWLINE The behaviour of \(W_{N}\) under unimodular transformations has been studied and the minimal exponent \(s\) has been determined such that \(W_{N}^{s}\) is invariant under \(\Gamma^{0}(N)\) and \(W_{N}^{s}oS\), (where \(s= \begin{pmatrix} 0 & -1 \\ 1 & 0 \end{pmatrix}\)) has a rational \(q\)-expansion. By using Shimura's reciprocity law, the Galois action on the singular values allows the authors not only to determine the precise conditions under which lower powers \(W_{N}^{e}\) with \(e/s\) yields class invariants, but they obtained also a synthetic and simple descriptions of the conjugates and moreover determined when the class invariant has a minimal polynomial with rational coefficients.NEWLINENEWLINE The paper generalises a result of Weber, for \(N=2\), and contains also extensive numerical calculations.

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