Today the Weil and Tate pairings are used a lot in cryptography. I'm curious, what was the original motivation of Weil and Tate for defining them? (Especially curious about Weil.)
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Closely related. – Jyrki Lahtonen Sep 06 '17 at 17:59
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I saw that, not sure that closely. – relG Sep 06 '17 at 18:27
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Upon rereading the discussion there I tend to agree. The title looked more promising :-( – Jyrki Lahtonen Sep 06 '17 at 18:28