The label of a genus 2 curve over has the form ..., where
- is the conductor,
- is a string of letters that distinguishes this isogeny class among those with the same conductor,
- is the absolute discriminant, and
- is a positive integer that distinguishes the curve among other curves with the same absolute discriminant in the same isogeny class.
In particular, is the label of the isogeny class of the Jacobian of the curve. The values and are assigned as curves are added to the database and carry no intrinsic meaning