/* * Jacobi Function * (C) 1999-2007 Jack Lloyd * * Botan is released under the Simplified BSD License (see license.txt) */ #include namespace Botan { /* * Calculate the Jacobi symbol */ s32bit jacobi(const BigInt& a, const BigInt& n) { if(a.is_negative()) throw Invalid_Argument("jacobi: first argument must be non-negative"); if(n.is_even() || n < 2) throw Invalid_Argument("jacobi: second argument must be odd and > 1"); BigInt x = a, y = n; s32bit J = 1; while(y > 1) { x %= y; if(x > y / 2) { x = y - x; if(y % 4 == 3) J = -J; } if(x.is_zero()) return 0; size_t shifts = low_zero_bits(x); x >>= shifts; if(shifts % 2) { word y_mod_8 = y % 8; if(y_mod_8 == 3 || y_mod_8 == 5) J = -J; } if(x % 4 == 3 && y % 4 == 3) J = -J; std::swap(x, y); } return J; } }