[#EC_METHOD]
= EC&lowbar;METHOD
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Opaque description of the field arithmetic and curve methods for an EC&lowbar;GROUP&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;openssl&sol;ec&period;h&gt;`

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typedef xref:ec_method_st.adoc[ec&lowbar;method&lowbar;st] EC&lowbar;METHOD;
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== Description

Concrete EC&lowbar;METHOD objects (for example EC&lowbar;GFp&lowbar;simple&lowbar;method()) select how group and point operations are implemented for a given field type&period;


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