i would GREATLY appreciate it, if someone could possibly explain to me, in layman's terms if at all possible, how to reduce an elliptic curve modulo some prime number and give me a specific example.

thank you all, in advance.

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so.

no one on these forums here can help me, i guess?

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Ummm... I'm working for a BS in mathematics... not a PhD.

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Try harder Absane.

Ummm... I'm working for a BS in mathematics... not a PhD.

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yikes!

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is it really THAT hard to do?

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lol.

yikes!

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is it really THAT hard to do?

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lol.

Well it's not a question about the problem being harder to do. It's just that when you are obtaining a BS in any field, you're studies tend to be across all fields of mathematics. When you work your way up, you start to focus on certain areas that are of interest to you. I'm sure it wouldn't take much effort to study elliptic curves (as it's just a branch of number theory)... but I have to worry about other things in my studies. Plus I have to work a fulltime job.

So, I don't have the time, energy,nor motivation right now to worry about elipitic curves. All I'm worried about as far as studies outside of school is research on longest cycle intersections in k-connected graphs. :p

I have no idea what the question means.