/* * psqrt - calculate square roots modulo a prime * * Copyright (C) 1999 David I. Bell * * Calc is open software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under * the terms of the version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License * as published by the Free Software Foundation. * * Calc is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General * Public License for more details. * * A copy of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License is * distributed with calc under the filename COPYING-LGPL. You should have * received a copy with calc; if not, write to Free Software Foundation, Inc. * 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. * * @(#) $Revision: 29.1 $ * @(#) $Id: psqrt.cal,v 29.1 1999/12/14 09:15:32 chongo Exp $ * @(#) $Source: /usr/local/src/cmd/calc/cal/RCS/psqrt.cal,v $ * * Under source code control: 1990/02/15 01:50:35 * File existed as early as: before 1990 * * Share and enjoy! :-) http://reality.sgi.com/chongo/tech/comp/calc/ */ /* * Returns null if number is not prime or if there is no square root. * The smaller square root is always returned. */ define psqrt(u, p) { local p1, q, n, y, r, v, w, t, k; p1 = p - 1; r = lowbit(p1); q = p >> r; t = 1 << (r - 1); for (n = 2; ; n++) { if (ptest(n, 1) == 0) continue; y = pmod(n, q, p); k = pmod(y, t, p); if (k == 1) continue; if (k != p1) return; break; } t = pmod(u, (q - 1) / 2, p); v = (t * u) % p; w = (t^2 * u) % p; while (w != 1) { k = 0; t = w; do { k++; t = t^2 % p; } while (t != 1); if (k == r) return; t = pmod(y, 1 << (r - k - 1), p); y = t^2 % p; v = (v * t) % p; w = (w * y) % p; r = k; } return min(v, p - v); }