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Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture

In Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture
…mathematics, the conjecture that an elliptic curve (a type of cubic curve, or algebraic curve of order 3, confined to a region known as a torus) has either an infinite number of rational points (solutions) or a finite number of rational points, according to whether an associated function is equal…
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Tate

In John Tate
…of his particular interests was elliptic curves, which are real number solutions to cubic polynomial equations, such as y² − x³ = c. This work has applications in the field of cryptography in that it can be used to factor extremely large prime numbers, which are used in secure communications.
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