In August, a pair of mathematicians discovered an exotic, record-breaking curve. In doing so, they tapped into a major open question about one of the oldest and most fundamental kinds of equations in ...

Elliptic curves are among the more beguiling objects in modern mathematics. They don’t seem complicated, but they form an expressway between the math that many people learn in high school and research ...

Hitachi, Mitsubishi Electric and NTT are to jointly develop an elliptic curve cryptosystem. “There is a pressing need to establish a fundamental technology to realise a truly secure communications ...