Explicit-Formulas Database
Genus-1 curves over large-characteristic fields

Hessian curves

An elliptic curve in Hessian form [database entry; Sage verification script; Sage output] has parameters d and coordinates x y satisfying the following equations:

  x^3+y^3+1=3*d*x*y

The neutral element of a Hessian curve is a point at infinity, namely (1:-1:0) in projective coordinates. Over a field with a nontrivial cube root w of 1 there are two other points at infinity, namely (1:-w:0) and (1:-w^2:0).

2001 Joye Quisquater state a birational equivalence between a Hessian curve with neutral element (-1:0:1) and a Weierstrass curve with neutral element at infinity. EFD permutes coordinates to obtain a birational equivalence between a Hessian curve with neutral element (1:-1:0) and a Weierstrass curve with neutral element at infinity.

Representations for fast computations

Extended coordinates [more information] represent x y as X Y Z XX YY ZZ XY YZ XZ satisfying the following equations:

  x=X/Z
  y=Y/Z
  XX=X*X
  YY=Y*Y
  ZZ=Z*Z
  XY=2*X*Y
  XZ=2*X*Z
  YZ=2*Y*Z

Projective coordinates [more information] represent x y as X Y Z satisfying the following equations:

  x=X/Z
  y=Y/Z