From: Mark Wooding <mdw@distorted.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 09:42:15 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: math/strongprime.c: Improve the commentary.
X-Git-Tag: 2.4.0~35
X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/catacomb/commitdiff_plain/bd9fe9759eb3c67210542757ef374d09730626ae

math/strongprime.c: Improve the commentary.
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diff --git a/math/strongprime.c b/math/strongprime.c
index 5b136534..a12c0d0a 100644
--- a/math/strongprime.c
+++ b/math/strongprime.c
@@ -121,7 +121,10 @@ mp *strongprime_setup(const char *name, mp *d, pfilt *f, unsigned nbits,
 		rabin_iters(nb), pgen_test, &rb)) == 0)
     goto fail_t;
 
-  /* --- Choose a suitable value for %$r = 2it + 1$% for some %$i$% --- */
+  /* --- Choose a suitable value for %$r = 2it + 1$% for some %$i$% --- *
+   *
+   * Then %$r \equiv 1 \pmod{t}$%, i.e., %$r - 1$% is a multiple of %$t$%.
+   */
 
   rr = mp_lsl(rr, t, 1);
   pfilt_create(&c.f, rr);
@@ -137,7 +140,12 @@ mp *strongprime_setup(const char *name, mp *d, pfilt *f, unsigned nbits,
 
   /* --- Select a suitable congruence class for %$p$% --- *
    *
-   * This computes %$p_0 = 2 s (s^{r - 2} \bmod r) - 1$%.
+   * This computes %$p_0 = 2 s (s^{-1} \bmod r) - 1$%.  Then %$p_0 + 1$% is
+   * clearly a multiple of %$s$%, and
+   *
+   *	%$p_0 - 1 \equiv 2 s s^{-1} - 2 \equiv 0 \pmod{r}$%
+   *
+   * is a multiple of %$r$%.
    */
 
   rr = mp_modinv(rr, s, q);