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1 /* -*-c-*-
2 *
3 * $Id: rabin.h,v 1.1 1999/11/19 13:17:57 mdw Exp $
4 *
5 * Miller-Rabin primality test
6 *
7 * (c) 1999 Straylight/Edgeware
8 */
9
10 /*----- Licensing notice --------------------------------------------------*
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28 */
29
30 /*----- Revision history --------------------------------------------------*
31 *
32 * $Log: rabin.h,v $
33 * Revision 1.1 1999/11/19 13:17:57 mdw
34 * Prime number generator and tester.
35 *
36 */
37
38 #ifndef RABIN_H
39 #define RABIN_H
40
41 #ifdef __cplusplus
42 extern "C" {
43 #endif
44
45 /*----- Header files ------------------------------------------------------*/
46
47 #ifndef MP_H
48 # include "mp.h"
49 #endif
50
51 #ifndef MPMONT_H
52 # include "mpmont.h"
53 #endif
54
55 #ifndef PGEN_H
56 # include "pgen.h"
57 #endif
58
59 /*----- Data structures ---------------------------------------------------*/
60
61 typedef struct rabin {
62 mpmont mm; /* Montgomery arithmetic context */
63 size_t s; /* %$m = 2^s r + 1$% */
64 mp *r; /* %$m = 2^s r + 1$% */
65 mp *m1; /* %$(m - 1)R \bmod m */
66 } rabin;
67
68 /*----- Functions provided ------------------------------------------------*/
69
70 /* --- @rabin_create@ --- *
71 *
72 * Arguments: @rabin *r@ = pointer to Rabin-Miller context
73 * @mp *m@ = pointer to number to test
74 *
75 * Returns: ---
76 *
77 * Use: Precomputes some useful values for performing the
78 * Miller-Rabin probabilistic primality test.
79 */
80
81 extern void rabin_create(rabin */*r*/, mp */*m*/);
82
83 /* --- @rabin_destroy@ --- *
84 *
85 * Arguments: @rabin *r@ = pointer to Rabin-Miller context
86 *
87 * Returns: ---
88 *
89 * Use: Disposes of a Rabin-Miller context when it's no longer
90 * needed.
91 */
92
93 extern void rabin_destroy(rabin */*r*/);
94
95 /* --- @rabin_test@ --- *
96 *
97 * Arguments: @rabin *r@ = pointer to Rabin-Miller context
98 * @mp *g@ = base to test the number against
99 *
100 * Returns: Either @PGEN_COMPOSITE@ if the test failed, or @PGEN_MAYBE@
101 * if it succeeded.
102 *
103 * Use: Performs a single iteration of the Rabin-Miller primality
104 * test.
105 */
106
107 extern int rabin_test(rabin */*r*/, mp */*g*/);
108
109 /*----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------*/
110
111 #ifdef __cplusplus
112 }
113 #endif
114
115 #endif