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That was an unusually roundabout and over-flourished way of explaining the name origin of "Elliptic Curves".

Also known as "telling a story".

I guess I don't appreciate being told a story with lots of extraneous details (you don't need to list all pie types. Or describe how you imagine Euler at work) to get a historical explanation. I like my points salient.

"Anecdata, party of one: your table is ready."

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