bigint-mod-arith/README.hbs

# bigint-mod-arith

Some extra functions to work with modular arithmetics using native JS (stage 3) implementation of BigInt. It can be used by any [Web Browser or webview supporting BigInt](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/BigInt#Browser_compatibility) and with Node.js (>=10.4.0).

If you are looking for a cryptographically-secure random generator and for strong probable primes (generation and testing), you
may be interested in [bigint-secrets](https://github.com/juanelas/bigint-secrets)

_The operations supported on BigInts are not constant time. BigInt can be therefore **[unsuitable for use in cryptography](https://www.chosenplaintext.ca/articles/beginners-guide-constant-time-cryptography.html).** Many platforms provide native support for cryptography, such as [Web Cryptography API](https://w3c.github.io/webcrypto/) or [Node.js Crypto](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest/docs/api/crypto.html)._

## Installation
bigint-mod-arith is distributed for [web browsers and/or webviews supporting
BigInt](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/BigInt#Browser_compatibility)
as an ES6 module or an IIFE file; and for Node.js (>=10.4.0), as a CJS module.

bigint-mod-arith can be imported to your project with `npm`:
```bash
npm install bigint-mod-arith
```
NPM installation defaults to the ES6 module for browsers and the CJS one for Node.js.

For web browsers, you can also directly download the minimised version of the [IIFE file](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/juanelas/bigint-mod-arith/master/dist/bigint-mod-arith-latest.browser.min.js) or the [ES6 module](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/juanelas/bigint-mod-arith/master/dist/bigint-mod-arith-latest.browser.mod.min.js) from GitHub.

## Usage example

With node js:
```javascript
const bigintModArith = require('bigint-mod-arith');

/* Stage 3 BigInts with value 666 can be declared as BigInt('666')
or the shorter new no-so-linter-friendly syntax 666n.
Notice that you can also pass a number, e.g. BigInt(666), but it is not
recommended since values over 2**53 - 1 won't be safe but no warning will
be raised.
*/
let a = BigInt('5');
let b = BigInt('2');
let n = BigInt('19');

console.log(bigintCryptoUtils.modPow(a, b, n)); // prints 6

console.log(bigintCryptoUtils.modInv(BigInt('2'), BigInt('5'))); // prints 3

console.log(bigintCryptoUtils.modInv(BigInt('3'), BigInt('5'))); // prints 2
```

From a browser, you can just load the module in a html page as:
```html
<script type="module">
    import * as bigintModArith from 'bigint-mod-arith-latest.browser.mod.min.js';

    let a = BigInt('5');
    let b = BigInt('2');
    let n = BigInt('19');

    console.log(bigintModArith.modPow(a, b, n)); // prints 6

    console.log(bigintModArith.modInv(BigInt('2'), BigInt('5'))); // prints 3

    console.log(bigintModArith.modInv(BigInt('3'), BigInt('5'))); // prints 2
</script>
```

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