A normal form for elliptic curves

By Harold M. Edwards. 2007

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The normal form x2+y2 = a2+a2x2y2 for elliptic curves simplifies formulas in the theory of elliptic curves and functions. Its principal advantage is that it allows the addition law, the group law on the elliptic curve, to be

Subfields: Computational Mechanics, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Geometry and Topology

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