Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2005/iii/paper-32/1/iv/solution

The inverse on this Weierstrass equation of an elliptic curve is . A line through the points being added has third intersection with , and the sum is .
At , implicit differentiation gives . The tangent is . Substitution into the equation gives , so its third intersection is , whose inverse is . Next the line through and is ; its remaining intersection is , whose inverse is . Consequently

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