3 * $Id: gf.h,v 1.2 2004/03/21 22:52:06 mdw Exp $
5 * Arithmetic on binary polynomials
7 * (c) 2004 Straylight/Edgeware
10 /*----- Licensing notice --------------------------------------------------*
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30 /*----- Revision history --------------------------------------------------*
33 * Revision 1.2 2004/03/21 22:52:06 mdw
34 * Merge and close elliptic curve branch.
36 * Revision 1.1.2.1 2004/03/21 22:39:46 mdw
37 * Elliptic curves on binary fields work.
48 /*----- Header files ------------------------------------------------------*/
54 #ifndef CATACOMB_GFX_H
58 /*----- Functions provided ------------------------------------------------*/
62 * Arguments: @mp *d@ = destination
63 * @mp *a, *b@ = sources
65 * Returns: Result, @a@ added to @b@.
68 extern mp
*gf_add(mp */
*d*/
, mp */
*a*/
, mp */
*b*/
);
73 * Arguments: @mp *d@ = destination
74 * @mp *a, *b@ = sources
76 * Returns: Result, @a@ multiplied by @b@.
79 extern mp
*gf_mul(mp */
*d*/
, mp */
*a*/
, mp */
*b*/
);
83 * Arguments: @mp *d@ = destination
86 * Returns: Result, @a@ squared.
89 extern mp
*gf_sqr(mp */
*d*/
, mp */
*a*/
);
93 * Arguments: @mp **qq, **rr@ = destination, quotient and remainder
94 * @mp *a, *b@ = sources
96 * Use: Calculates the quotient and remainder when @a@ is divided by
97 * @b@. The destinations @*qq@ and @*rr@ must be distinct.
98 * Either of @qq@ or @rr@ may be null to indicate that the
99 * result is irrelevant. (Discarding both results is silly.)
100 * There is a performance advantage if @a == *rr@.
103 extern void gf_div(mp
**/
*qq*/
, mp
**/
*rr*/
, mp */
*a*/
, mp */
*b*/
);
105 /* --- @gf_gcd@ --- *
107 * Arguments: @mp **gcd, **xx, **yy@ = where to write the results
108 * @mp *a, *b@ = sources (must be nonzero)
113 * Use: Calculates @gcd(a, b)@, and two numbers @x@ and @y@ such that
114 * @ax + by = gcd(a, b)@. This is useful for computing modular
118 extern void gf_gcd(mp
**/
*gcd*/
, mp
**/
*xx*/
, mp
**/
*yy*/
,
119 mp */
*a*/
, mp */
*b*/
);
121 /*----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------*/