Weierstraß normal form

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General equation

Karl Theodor Wilhelm Weierstraß (31 Oct 1815 – 19 Feb 1897)
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 gz^3 + hz^2w + jzw^2 + kw^3}
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 {} + mz^2 + pzw + qw^2}
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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 {} + t \qquad = 0.}

Linear transformation

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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 z = \alpha x + \beta y + \zeta}

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 w = \gamma x + \delta y + \eta}

Problem

Substitute 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 \alpha x + \beta y + \zeta} and for z and w in the general equation, simplify by collecting like terms in respective powers of x and y, and solve for α, β, γ, δ, ζ, η, a and b so that[1]

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 y^2 = x^3 + ax + b.}
  1. Arnold Kas. “Weierstrass Normal Forms and Invariants of Elliptic Surfaces.” Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, vol. 225, Jan 1977, pp. 259-266. PDF