diff --git a/groth16/math/ntt.nim b/groth16/math/ntt.nim
index 0173a1b..cea1281 100644
--- a/groth16/math/ntt.nim
+++ b/groth16/math/ntt.nim
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import groth16/math/domain
 
 func forwardNTT_worker( m: int
                       , srcStride: int
-                      , gen: Fr
+                      , gpows: seq[Fr]
                       , src: seq[Fr]     , srcOfs: int
                       , buf: var seq[Fr] , bufOfs: int
                       , tgt: var seq[Fr] , tgtOfs: int ) =
@@ -32,26 +32,22 @@ func forwardNTT_worker( m: int
     else:
       let N     : int =  1 shl  m  
       let halfN : int =  1 shl (m-1)  
-      var gpow  : Fr = gen
-      square(gpow)
       forwardNTT_worker( m-1
                        , srcStride shl 1
-                       , gpow
+                       , gpows
                        , src , srcOfs
                        , buf , bufOfs + N
                        , buf , bufOfs )
       forwardNTT_worker( m-1
                        , srcStride shl 1
-                       , gpow
+                       , gpows
                        , src , srcOfs + srcStride
                        , buf , bufOfs + N
                        , buf , bufOfs + halfN )
-      gpow = oneFr
       for j in 0..<halfN:
-        let y : Fr = gpow * buf[bufOfs+j+halfN] 
+        let y : Fr = gpows[j*srcStride] * buf[bufOfs+j+halfN] 
         tgt[tgtOfs+j      ] = buf[bufOfs+j] + y
         tgt[tgtOfs+j+halfN] = buf[bufOfs+j] - y
-        gpow *= gen
 
 #---------------------------------------
 
@@ -61,9 +57,20 @@ func forwardNTT*(src: seq[Fr], D: Domain): seq[Fr] =
   assert( D.domainSize == src.len , "input must have the same size as the domain" )
   var buf : seq[Fr] = newSeq[Fr]( 2 * D.domainSize )
   var tgt : seq[Fr] = newSeq[Fr](     D.domainSize )
+
+  # precalc powers of gen
+  let N     = D.domainSize
+  let halFN = N div 2
+  var gpows : seq[Fr] = newSeq[Fr]( halfN )
+  var x   : Fr = oneFr
+  let gen : Fr = D.domainGen
+  for i in 0..<halfN:
+    gpows[i] = x
+    x *= gen
+
   forwardNTT_worker( D.logDomainSize
                    , 1
-                   , D.domainGen
+                   , gpows
                    , src , 0
                    , buf , 0
                    , tgt , 0 )
@@ -89,7 +96,7 @@ const oneHalfFr* : Fr = fromHex(Fr, "0x183227397098d014dc2822db40c0ac2e9419f4243
 
 func inverseNTT_worker( m: int
                       , tgtStride: int
-                      , gen: Fr
+                      , gpows: seq[Fr]
                       , src: seq[Fr]     , srcOfs: int
                       , buf: var seq[Fr] , bufOfs: int
                       , tgt: var seq[Fr] , tgtOfs: int ) =
@@ -98,35 +105,30 @@ func inverseNTT_worker( m: int
     of 0: 
       tgt[tgtOfs] = src[srcOfs]
   
-    # TODO: faster division by 2
     of 1:
-      tgt[tgtOfs          ] = ( src[srcOfs] + src[srcOfs+1] ) * oneHalfFr
-      tgt[tgtOfs+tgtStride] = ( src[srcOfs] - src[srcOfs+1] ) * oneHalfFr
+      tgt[tgtOfs          ] = ( src[srcOfs] + src[srcOfs+1] ) 
+      tgt[tgtOfs+tgtStride] = ( src[srcOfs] - src[srcOfs+1] ) 
+      div2( tgt[tgtOfs          ] )
+      div2( tgt[tgtOfs+tgtStride] )
 
     else:
       let N     : int =  1 shl  m  
       let halfN : int =  1 shl (m-1)  
-      let ginv  : Fr = invFr(gen)
-      var gpow  : Fr = oneHalfFr
 
-      # TODO: precalculate the gpow vector for repeated iNTT-s ?
       for j in 0..<halfN:
-        buf[bufOfs+j      ] = ( src[srcOfs+j] + src[srcOfs+j+halfN] ) * oneHalfFr
-        buf[bufOfs+j+halfN] = ( src[srcOfs+j] - src[srcOfs+j+halfN] ) * gpow
-        gpow *= ginv
-
-      gpow = gen
-      square(gpow)
+        buf[bufOfs+j      ] = ( src[srcOfs+j] + src[srcOfs+j+halfN] ) 
+        buf[bufOfs+j+halfN] = ( src[srcOfs+j] - src[srcOfs+j+halfN] ) * gpows[ j*tgtStride ]
+        div2( buf[bufOfs+j ] )
 
       inverseNTT_worker( m-1
                        , tgtStride shl 1
-                       , gpow
+                       , gpows
                        , buf , bufOfs
                        , buf , bufOfs + N
                        , tgt , tgtOfs )
       inverseNTT_worker( m-1
                        , tgtStride shl 1
-                       , gpow
+                       , gpows
                        , buf , bufOfs + halfN
                        , buf , bufOfs + N
                        , tgt , tgtOfs + tgtStride )
@@ -139,9 +141,20 @@ func inverseNTT*(src: seq[Fr], D: Domain): seq[Fr] =
   assert( D.domainSize == src.len , "input must have the same size as the domain" )
   var buf : seq[Fr] = newSeq[Fr]( 2 * D.domainSize )
   var tgt : seq[Fr] = newSeq[Fr](     D.domainSize )
+
+  # precalc 1/2 times powers of gen^-1
+  let N     = D.domainSize
+  let halFN = N div 2
+  var gpows : seq[Fr] = newSeq[Fr]( halfN )
+  var x    : Fr = oneHalfFr
+  let ginv : Fr = invFr( D.domainGen )
+  for i in 0..<halfN:
+    gpows[i] = x
+    x *= ginv
+
   inverseNTT_worker( D.logDomainSize
                    , 1
-                   , D.domainGen
+                   , gpows
                    , src , 0
                    , buf , 0
                    , tgt , 0 )