I am currently studying Fiege-Fiat Shamir and am stuck on quadratic residues. I understand the concept i think but im not sure how to calculate them for example how would i calculate
v | x^2 = v mod 21 | x =?
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1 x^2 = 1 mod 21 1, 8, 13, 20
4 x^2 = 4 mod 21 2, 5, 16
7 x^2 = 7 mod 21 7, 14
9 x^2 = 9 mod 21 3, 18
15 x^2 = 15 mod 21 6, 15
16 x^2 = 16 mod 21 4, 开发者_运维百科10, 11, 17
18 x^2 = 18 mod 21 9, 12
I do not understand how the column x=? is calculated. Can anyone help me maybe explain the method?
The right-hand column shows the positive integers less than 21
(the modulus) that have quadratic residue equal to the values in the left-hand column. So, for example, the integers 1, 8, 13
and 20
all have quadratic residue equal to 1
modulo 21
. This means that their squares are congruent to 1
modulo 21
. For example,
8 * 8 = 64 = 63 + 1 = 21 * 3 + 1 =. 0 + 1 mod 21 =. 1 mod 21
where I am using =.
to represent congruency modulo 21
. Similarly,
13 * 13 = 169 = 168 + 1 = 21 * 8 + 1 =. 0 + 1 mod 21 =. 1 mod 21
and
20 * 20 = 400 = 399 + 1 = 21 * 19 + 1 =. 0 + 1 mod 21 =. 1 mod 21.
Finding these numbers is called finding square roots mod n
. You can find them using the Chinese Remainder Theorem (assuming that you can factor the modulus).
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