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:<math>\Delta = \frac{-432a^3}j</math>
:<math>\Delta = \frac{-110592a^3}j</math>


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>.

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The discriminant of an elliptic curve in Weierstraß normal form

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is defined to be

Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \Delta = -64a^3-432b^2}

or

Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \Delta = \frac{-110592a^3}j}

in terms of the j-invariant when the field characteristic is not 2 or 3 [1].

  1. Wolfram MathWorld: Elliptic Discriminant. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/EllipticDiscriminant.html