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[-] perishthethought@piefed.social 87 points 1 day ago

Just gonna leave us wondering about the algorithm, eh?

In arithmetic geometry, the Cox–Zucker machine is an algorithm created by David A. Cox and Steven Zucker. This algorithm determines whether a given set of sections[further explanation needed] provides a basis (up to torsion) for the Mordell–Weil group of an elliptic surface E → S, where S is isomorphic to the projective line.

Or was that just me?

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 63 points 22 hours ago

I'm not wondering any less now.

[-] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 35 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I wasn’t very curious since according to them, the primary point of the paper was making a joke. I assumed the algorithm wasn’t groundbreaking or truly interesting, just something that could be published.