doc: Minor fixes in safegcd_implementation.md

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Elliott Jin 2021-11-09 17:46:24 -08:00
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@ -569,8 +569,14 @@ bits efficiently, which is possible on most platforms; it is abstracted here as
```python
def count_trailing_zeros(v):
"""For a non-zero value v, find z such that v=(d<<z) for some odd d."""
return (v & -v).bit_length() - 1
"""
When v is zero, consider all N zero bits as "trailing".
For a non-zero value v, find z such that v=(d<<z) for some odd d.
"""
if v == 0:
return N
else:
return (v & -v).bit_length() - 1
i = N # divsteps left to do
while True:
@ -601,7 +607,7 @@ becomes negative, or when *i* reaches *0*. Combined, this is equivalent to addin
It is easy to find what that multiple is: we want a number *w* such that *g+w&thinsp;f* has a few bottom
zero bits. If that number of bits is *L*, we want *g+w&thinsp;f mod 2<sup>L</sup> = 0*, or *w = -g/f mod 2<sup>L</sup>*. Since *f*
is odd, such a *w* exists for any *L*. *L* cannot be more than *i* steps (as we'd finish the loop before
doing more) or more than *&eta;+1* steps (as we'd run `eta, f, g = -eta, g, f` at that point), but
doing more) or more than *&eta;+1* steps (as we'd run `eta, f, g = -eta, g, -f` at that point), but
apart from that, we're only limited by the complexity of computing *w*.
This code demonstrates how to cancel up to 4 bits per step:
@ -618,7 +624,7 @@ while True:
break
# We know g is odd now
if eta < 0:
eta, f, g = -eta, g, f
eta, f, g = -eta, g, -f
# Compute limit on number of bits to cancel
limit = min(min(eta + 1, i), 4)
# Compute w = -g/f mod 2**limit, using the table value for -1/f mod 2**4. Note that f is