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Comment by claar

The headline seems inaccurate to me.

The proof in the article states that there is a 100% chance of a random elliptic curve being either rank 0 (50% chance) or rank 1 (50% chance).

However, the article also informs us that there are an infinite number of elliptic curves with rank 2 or more. For example, the elliptic curve `y2+y=x3+x2−2x` is of rank 2.

So is it truly accurate to say that elliptic curves come only in two types?

parent claar 8 years ago

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