# derived from: http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2009/03/07/computing-square-roots-in-python # Compute the Legendre symbol a|p using Euler's criterion. # p is a prime, a is relatively prime to p (if p divides a, # then a|p = 0) legendresymbol(a, p, r) { pm1 = p-1; mod(p) r = a^(pm1>>1); if(r == pm1) r = -1; } # Find a quadratic residue (mod p) of 'a'. p must be an # odd prime. # # Solve the congruence of the form: # x^2 = a (mod p) # And returns x. Node that p - x is also a root. # # 0 is returned if no square root exists for these # a and p. # # The Tonelli-Shanks algorithm is used (except # for some simple cases in which the solution is known # from an identity). msqrt(a, p, r) { if(legendresymbol(a, p) != 1) r = 0; else if(a == 0) r = 0; else if(p == 2) r = a; else if(p%4 == 3){ e = p+1 >> 2; mod(p) r = a^e; } else { # Partition p-1 to s * 2^e for an odd s (i.e. # reduce all the powers of 2 from p-1) s = p-1; e = 0; while(s%2 == 0){ s = s >> 1; e = e + 1; } # Find some 'n' with a legendre symbol n|p = -1. # Shouldn't take long. n = 2; while(legendresymbol(n, p) != -1) n = n + 1; # x is a guess of the square root that gets better # with each iteration. # b is the "fudge factor" - by now much we're off # with the guess. The invariant x^2 == a*b (mod p) # is maintained throughout the loop. # g is used for successive powers of n to update # both a and b # e is the exponent - decreases with each update mod(p){ x = a^(s+1 >> 1); b = a^s; g = n^s; } while(1==1){ t = b; m = 0; while(m < e){ if(t == 1) break; t = t*t % p; m = m + 1; } if(m == 0){ r = x; break; } t = 2^(e-m-1); mod(p){ gs = g^t; g = gs*gs; x = x*gs; b = b*g; } e = m; } } } # modular inverse square-root misqrt(a, p, r) { if((p % 4) == 3){ e = ((p-3)>>2); mod(p) r = a^e; } else { r = msqrt(a, p); if(r != 0) mod(p) r = 1/r; } }