Yes, I too had pedagogy in mind. When I was reading about the Edwards model I thought it would have been nice if Sage had a library on it.
In addition there are also some algorithms and tools which might be better used or only used with Edwards curves. For example, I have also implemented Dan Bernstein's Elligator encoding scheme. Also, as mentioned earlier, I am working on implementing the analogues of Velu's formulae for Edwards curves as described by Dustin Moody and Daniel Shumow which are more efficient than the original Velu's formulas for the Weierstrass model. I think we can also hope that, when applicable, Edwards curves will give more efficient implementations of algorithms already available for the Weierstrass model. Therefore, a library on the Edwards model might significantly expand Sage's capabilities. Adarsh. P.S. -- I have only begun learning about Elliptic curves and Sage in the past year. I would appreciate if anyone points out any inaccuracies in what I say. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
