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Quadratic twist of an elliptic curve

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Geometry and topology Algebraic geometry Normalization of an algebraic curve Geometric genus Genus one curve Elliptic curve
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For an elliptic curve E:y2=f(x) over a field of characteristic other than two and d∈K×, the curve E(d):dy2=f(x) is its quadratic twist by d. It becomes isomorphic to E after adjoining d​; over a finite field its Frobenius trace is multiplied by the quadratic character of d.

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