BN_KRONECKER(3) Library Functions Manual BN_KRONECKER(3)
NAME
BN_kronecker — Kronecker symbol
SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/bn.h>
int
BN_kronecker(const BIGNUM *a, const BIGNUM *b, BN_CTX *ctx);
DESCRIPTION
BN_kronecker() computes the Kronecker symbol (a | b), which generalizes the Legendre and Jacobi symbols for arbitrary integer numbers b.
RETURN VALUES
BN_kronecker() returns −1, 0, or 1 in case of success or −2 on error.
SEE ALSO
BN_CTX_new(3), BN_gcd(3), BN_mod_sqrt(3), BN_new(3)
Henri Cohen
,
A Course in Computational Algebraic Number Theory
,
Springer ,
Berlin ,
1993 ,
Algorithm 1.4.10 .
HISTORY
BN_kronecker() first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.7 and has been available since OpenBSD 3.2. GNU November 15, 2022 BN_KRONECKER(3)