/// <summary>
/// Compute <c>this</c> element to the power of 2
/// </summary>
///
/// <returns>Returns <c>this</c>^2</returns>
public override GF2nElement Square()
{
GF2nONBElement result = new GF2nONBElement(this);
result.SquareThis();
return(result);
}
/// <summary>
/// Multiplicatively invert of this element (overwrite <c>this</c>)
/// </summary>
public void InvertThis()
{
if (IsZero())
{
throw new ArithmeticException();
}
int r = 31; // mDegree kann nur 31 Bits lang sein!!!
// Bitlaenge von mDegree:
for (bool found = false; !found && r >= 0; r--)
{
if (((mDegree - 1) & _mBitmask[r]) != 0)
{
found = true;
}
}
r++;
GF2nElement m = Zero((GF2nONBField)mField);
GF2nElement n = new GF2nONBElement(this);
int k = 1;
for (int i = r - 1; i >= 0; i--)
{
m = (GF2nElement)n.Clone();
for (int j = 1; j <= k; j++)
{
m.SquareThis();
}
n.MultiplyThisBy(m);
k <<= 1;
if (((mDegree - 1) & _mBitmask[i]) != 0)
{
n.SquareThis();
n.MultiplyThisBy(this);
k++;
}
}
n.SquareThis();
}
