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in terms of the [[j-invariant]] when the field characteristic is not 2 or 3 <ref>Wolfram MathWorld: Elliptic Discriminant. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/EllipticDiscriminant.html</ref>. | in terms of the [[j-invariant]] when the field characteristic is not 2 or 3 <ref>Wolfram MathWorld: Elliptic Discriminant. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/EllipticDiscriminant.html</ref>. | ||
Revision as of 16:58, 3 January 2025
The discriminant of an elliptic curve in Weierstraß normal form
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is defined to be
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or
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in terms of the j-invariant when the field characteristic is not 2 or 3 [1].
- ↑ Wolfram MathWorld: Elliptic Discriminant. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/EllipticDiscriminant.html
