elliptic curve

Summary

elliptic curve ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,585 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• elliptic curve is a type of hyperelliptic curve^[2].
• elliptic curve is a type of abelian variety^[3].
• elliptic curve is a type of cubic plane curve^[4].
• elliptic curve is used for elliptic curve cryptography^[5].
• elliptic curve's Commons category is recorded as Elliptic curves^[6].
• elliptic curve's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Elliptic curves^[7].
• elliptic curve's Commons gallery is recorded as Elliptic curve^[8].
• elliptic curve's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/elliptic-curve^[9].
• elliptic curve's different from is recorded as ellipse^[10].
• elliptic curve's studied by is recorded as elliptic curve theory^[11].
• elliptic curve's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[12].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include hyperelliptic curve^[2], abelian variety^[3], and cubic plane curve^[4].

Use and Application

elliptic curve is used for it cryptography^[5].

Influence

Things named for elliptic curve include Elliptic-curve Diffie–Hellman^[13], a key-agreement protocol^[14] and hyperelliptic curve^[15].

Why It Matters

elliptic curve ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,585 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[16] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[17]

Entities named for it include Elliptic-curve Diffie–Hellman^[13], a key-agreement protocol^[14] and hyperelliptic curve^[15].