elliptic curve
nounEtymology So called because it is the locus of an elliptic function.
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Algebraic geometry, Geometry, Mathematics, Sciences The algebraic set of an equation which equates the square of one variable to a reduced cubic polynomial in another variable, over some field, and such that the discriminant of the reduced cubic is non-zero.
- Derived terms
- elliptic-curve cryptography, elliptic-curve DSA, hyperelliptic curve