a tiny clarification about the point H (#2774)

IMHO, introducing the point _H_ explicitly makes the explanation arguably a bit more clear
2019-05-15 06:05:54 +09:00
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 An Elliptic Curve for the purpose of cryptography is simply a large set of points that
 we will call _C_. These points can be added, subtracted, or multiplied by integers (also called scalars).
-Given an integer _k_ and
+Given such a point _H_, an integer _k_ and
 using the scalar multiplication operation we can compute `k*H`, which is also a point on
 curve _C_. Given another integer _j_ we can also calculate `(k+j)*H`, which equals
 `k*H + j*H`. The addition and scalar multiplication operations on an elliptic curve