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A comment on A relatively easy to understand primer on elliptic curve cryptography (2013).

Re:A relatively easy to understand primer on elliptic curve ... by CephalopodMD on Friday February 26, 2016 @11:39PM (#11186094)
So wait, how does a point dot with itself? I get it for two points, but how can a public point dot with itself to form a line? That doesn't make sense to me.
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Re:A relatively easy to understand primer on elliptic curve ... by bogus- on Friday February 26, 2016 @11:48PM (#11186114)
Using the tangent line at that point.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic_curve_point_multiplic...

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