Curve25519

Summary

Curve25519 is an elliptic curve over a finite field^[1]. Curve25519 draws 432 Wikipedia views per month (elliptic_curve_over_a_finite_field category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2]

Key Facts

• Curve25519 is credited with the discovery of Daniel J. Bernstein^[3].
• Curve25519's instance of is recorded as elliptic curve over a finite field^[4].
• Curve25519's instance of is recorded as Montgomery curve^[5].
• Curve25519's instance of is recorded as technical standard^[6].
• Curve25519's developer is recorded as Daniel J. Bernstein^[7].
• Curve25519's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2005-00-00T00:00:00Z^[8].
• Curve25519's publication date is recorded as +2005-00-00T00:00:00Z^[9].
• Curve25519's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0y657_1^[10].
• Curve25519's official website is recorded as https://cr.yp.to/ecdh.html^[11].
• Curve25519's described at URL is recorded as https://dissect.crocs.fi.muni.cz/curve/Curve25519^[12].
• Curve25519's group cardinality is recorded as {'amount': '+57896044618658097711785492504343953926856930875039260848015607506283634007912'}^[13].
• Curve25519's described by source is recorded as RFC 7748: Elliptic Curves for Security^[14].
• Curve25519's used by is recorded as X25519^[15].
• Curve25519's used by is recorded as Ed25519^[16].
• Curve25519's defining formula is recorded as y^{2}=x^{3}+486662x^{2}+x^[17].
• Curve25519's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[18].
• Curve25519's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 198690329^[19].
• Curve25519's GitHub topic is recorded as curve25519^[20].
• Curve25519's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C198690329^[21].

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Works and Contributions

Curve25519 is credited with the discovery of Daniel J. Bernstein^[3].

Why It Matters

Curve25519 draws 432 Wikipedia views per month (elliptic_curve_over_a_finite_field category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2] Curve25519 has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22]