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Abstract

Recently, Kohel gave algorithms to compute the conductor of the endomorphism ring of an ordinary elliptic curve, given the cardinality of the curve. Using his work, we give a complete description of the structure of curves related via rational ℓ-degree isogenies, a structure we call a volcano. We explain how we can travel through this structure using modular polynomials. The computation of the structure is possible without knowing the cardinality of the curve, and that as a result, we deduce information on the cardinality.
The second author is on the leave from the French Department of Defense, Délégation Générale pour l’Armement. This research was partially supported by the French Ministry of Research — ACI Cryptologie.

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