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A cryptographic pairing is a function used in public-key cryptography.

Pairings over elliptic curves[edit]

Let be an elliptic curve of order over the finite field .

BN curves[edit]

Pairing types[edit]

Type I (Symmetric) pairings[edit]

Type II (Asymmetric) pairings[edit]

Type III (Asymmetric) pairings[edit]

Pairing functions[edit]