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Elementary background in elliptic curves

Number Theory 2008-02-03 v1

Abstract

This paper gives additional background in algebraic geometry as an accompaniment to the article, ``Formal Groups, Elliptic Curves, and some Theorems of Couveignes'' [arXiv:math.NT/9708215]. Section 1 discusses the addition law on elliptic curves, and Sections 2 and 3 explain about function fields, uniformizers, and power series expansions with respect to a uniformizer.

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@article{arxiv.math/9708216,
  title  = {Elementary background in elliptic curves},
  author = {Antonia W. Bluher},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9708216},
  year   = {2008}
}