riordanmr@clvax1.cl.msu.edu (Mark Riordan) (04/20/91)
Archive-name: math/bignum/msu-bignum-archive/1991-04-19 Archive-directory: cl-next1.cl.msu.edu:/math/ [35.8.4.21] Original-posting-by: riordanmr@clvax1.cl.msu.edu (Mark Riordan) Original-subject: Large Integer Arithmetic Packages, v. 2 Reposted-by: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti, MSEN) Thanks to Email messages from numerous correspondents, I now have an updated version of the list I posted two days ago: ------------------------------------------------------------------ In response to recent Email requests, I have assembled this list of large-integer packages of which I have heard. For your convenience, I have placed compressed tar files of some of these on cl-next1.cl.msu.edu (35.8.4.21). They are available for anonymous FTP in the directory "math". However, what I have may not be the most current version in all cases. Here they are, in no particular order: mp Multiple Precision package that comes with some Unixes Multiple precision package accessed via -lmp flag on your compiler. Provides +, -, *, /, gcd, exponentiation, sqrt. Comes with SunOS, NeXT Mach, BBN Mach 1000, and probably a few others. See "man mp". Object code only, of course. PARI Henri Cohen, et al., Universite Bordeaux I, Paris, FRANCE Multiple precision desk calculator and library routines. Contains optimized assembly code for Motorola 68020, semi-optimized code for SPARC, and apparently rather slow generic C version. Does both integers and reals. Does vectors and matrices as well as scalars. Contains a number of advanced functions, some of which I've never heard of. ("Weber's function"?) Has a factorization function, primality test, & other related stuff. Plenty of TEX documentation. Public domain, but you can't distribute modified versions. Available via anonymous FTP from math.ucla.edu. There seem to be Mac- and NeXT-specific versions there in addition to: Filename: pari-1.35a.tar.Z Arithmetic in Global Fields (Arith) Kevin R. Coombes, David R. Grant Package of routines for arbitrary precision integers or polynomials over finite fields. Includes basic +, -, *, / and a few others like gcd. Source code in C. Distributed under the terms of the GNU public license. Includes man pages and TEX documentation. Filename: arith.tar.Z Arbitrary Precision Math Library Lloyd Zusman Los Gatos, CA C package which supports basic +, -, *, /. Provides for radix points (i.e., non-integers). Not as polished as the others here. Posted to comp.sources.misc in October 1988. Filename: apml.tar.Z BigNum J. Vuillemin, INRIA, FRANCE, and others. Distributed by Digital Equipment Paris Research Lab (DECPRL) A "portable and efficient arbitrary-precision integer" package. C code, with generic C "kernel", plus assembly "kernels" for MC680x0, Intel i960, MIPS, NS32032, Pyramid, and of course VAX. This is probably one of the better-known packages of this type. Implements +, -, *, /, mod, plus logical operations OR, AND, XOR. Both signed and unsigned arithmetic available. Available via email from librarian@decprl.dec.com. You will receive 5 shell archives. Give your postal address and you will also receive printed documentation from France. Package includes TEX documentation. Publicly available for non-commercial use. Filename: bignum.tar.Z Lenstra's package Arjen Lenstra Bellcore Portable unsigned integer package written entirely in C. Includes +, -, *, /, exponentiation, mod, primality testing, sqrt, random number generator, and a few others. The package was uncommented and undocumented; I have tried to add enough comments to get by. This is the only of these packages that I have actually used. It works well and is very portable. I haven't done any benchmarks against the others, but the code looks clever & Lenstra is an accomplished number theorist. Unlike the other packages here, this one requires you to allocate storage statically--only a problem if your numbers are really huge. Arjen has placed the code in the public domain. Filename: lenstra.tar.Z lenstra_2 Arjen Lenstra, Bellcore This just in--an improved version of Arjen's package. This one does signed arithmetic and can do dynamic memory management as an option. Has a few new routines, too. May not be as fully debugged as the earlier package, though. Filename: lenstra_2.c bmp (Brent's Multiple Precision?) R. P. Brent 1981 vintage FORTRAN code to do extended precision floating & fixed point arithmetic. Includes most of the mathematical functions you'd find in a FORTRAN run-time library. This code is an ACM algorithm, number 524. To obtain, send a mail message to netlib@ornl.gov containing the line "send mp.f from bmp" or better yet, perhaps just start with "help". SPX Kannan Alagappan & Joseph Tardo, DEC This is a huge prototype public key authentication system based on RSA. I mention it here because those who have heard of SPX have probably correctly guessed that it contains a large integer package and I want to inform you that the large integer package it contains is indeed DEC's BigNum from France. You can get a beta test copy of SPX from crl.dec.com (192.58.206.2). Use it only for testing, as it "may" expire on a certain date. amp (Antti's Multiple Precision?) Antti Louko alo@kampi.hut.fi Multiple precision integer package in C. Includes +, -, *, /, %, pow, mod, 1/x mod y, random, sqrt, gcd. Available for non-commercial use. The package includes "share-secret", a public key system based on the Diffie-Hellman algorithm. This is normally part of the well-known "des-dist.tar.Z", but I have removed the DES part to avoid having to deal with cryptographic export laws, and have named the result: Filename: amp.tar.Z gennum Per Bothner U of Wisconsin-Madison C++ routines and classes to do generic arithmetic, both integer and rational. Obtain from sevenlayer.cs.wis.edu. MIRACL (By someone in Dublin, Ireland) Integer and fractional multiple precision package. Includes factorization, primality testing, encryption. ath@linkoping.telesoft.se says there's a version from the C User's Group and a more recent version available via ads in Byte magazine. Not clear on whether this is commercial software. Perl Larry Wall This well-known programming language--kind of an alternative to AWK--includes built-in multiple precision integer and floating point. Because the source code to this package is available (under the terms of the GNU public license), I include it in this list. Available via anonymous FTP from devvax.jpl.nasa.gov. Other languages Various Multiple precision arithmetic is available in a number of programming languages, such as Lisp and ABC (cf. mcsun.eu.net). For some of these, source code may be available. This list is long enough already, so I'm not going to pursue it aggressively. Thanks to Ed Vielmetti and several others who contributed to this list. Mark Riordan riordanmr@clvax1.cl.msu.edu Michigan State University 19 April 1991 -- comp.archives file verification cl-next1.cl.msu.edu total 913 -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp other 6956 Apr 19 19:42 BIGNUMS.TXT -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp other 40541 Apr 19 19:28 amp.tar.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp other 74733 Apr 17 22:07 apml.tar.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp other 72153 Apr 17 21:41 arith.tar.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp other 25345 Apr 17 22:05 lenstra.tar.Z -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp other 82761 Apr 19 03:08 lenstra_2.c -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp other 620209 Apr 19 18:45 pari-1.35a.tar.Z found msu-bignum-archive ok cl-next1.cl.msu.edu:/math/