Elliptic Curves

What the hell is that? Well, they call it an elliptic curve

Elliptic Curves. Sounds unpleasant.

Looks even more unpleasant (though could be endearing)

So, what the hell is an elliptic curve? And why is it useful?

Well, lets go back to the time when you had graphs and equations.

Let’s start with something simpler.

A Line

Equation: y = mx + c

Ok, now let’s get a little more complicated.

Quadratic Equation:

Graph

Cubic Equation

Graph

And now, we have the Elliptic Curve

Elliptic Equation

And why are they such a big deal?

For that, we go to our next post