Elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) is a type of asymmetric
Elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) is((("public key cryptography", "elliptic curve cryptography as", id="pub-key-ecc")))((("elliptic curve cryptography (ECC)", id="ecc"))) a type of asymmetric
or public key cryptography based on the discrete logarithm problem as
expressed by addition and multiplication on the points of an elliptic
curve.
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Now that we have defined addition, we can define multiplication in the
standard way that extends addition. For a point P on the elliptic curve,
if k is a whole number, then kP = P + P + P + ... + P (k times). Note
that k is sometimes confusingly called an "exponent" in this case.
that k is sometimes confusingly called an "exponent" in ((("public key cryptography", "elliptic curve cryptography as", startref="pub-key-ecc")))((("elliptic curve cryptography (ECC)", startref="ecc")))this case.