//***********************************************************************
            // Performs the calculation of the kth term in the Lucas Sequence.
            // For details of the algorithm, see reference [9].
            //
            // k must be odd.  i.e LSB == 1
            //***********************************************************************

            private static BigInteger[] LucasSequenceHelper(BigInteger P, BigInteger Q,
                                                            BigInteger k, BigInteger n,
                                                            BigInteger constant, int s)
            {
                BigInteger[] result = new BigInteger[3];

                if ((k.data[0] & 0x00000001) == 0)
                    throw (new ArgumentException("Argument k must be odd."));

                int numbits = k.bitCount();
                uint mask = (uint)0x1 << ((numbits & 0x1F) - 1);

                // v = v0, v1 = v1, u1 = u1, Q_k = Q^0

                BigInteger v = 2 % n, Q_k = 1 % n,
                           v1 = P % n, u1 = Q_k;
                bool flag = true;

                for (int i = k.dataLength - 1; i >= 0; i--)     // iterate on the binary expansion of k
                {
                    //Console.WriteLine("round");
                    while (mask != 0)
                    {
                        if (i == 0 && mask == 0x00000001)        // last bit
                            break;

                        if ((k.data[i] & mask) != 0)             // bit is set
                        {
                            // index doubling with addition

                            u1 = (u1 * v1) % n;

                            v = ((v * v1) - (P * Q_k)) % n;
                            v1 = n.BarrettReduction(v1 * v1, n, constant);
                            v1 = (v1 - ((Q_k * Q) << 1)) % n;

                            if (flag)
                                flag = false;
                            else
                                Q_k = n.BarrettReduction(Q_k * Q_k, n, constant);

                            Q_k = (Q_k * Q) % n;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            // index doubling
                            u1 = ((u1 * v) - Q_k) % n;

                            v1 = ((v * v1) - (P * Q_k)) % n;
                            v = n.BarrettReduction(v * v, n, constant);
                            v = (v - (Q_k << 1)) % n;

                            if (flag)
                            {
                                Q_k = Q % n;
                                flag = false;
                            }
                            else
                                Q_k = n.BarrettReduction(Q_k * Q_k, n, constant);
                        }

                        mask >>= 1;
                    }
                    mask = 0x80000000;
                }

                // at this point u1 = u(n+1) and v = v(n)
                // since the last bit always 1, we need to transform u1 to u(2n+1) and v to v(2n+1)

                u1 = ((u1 * v) - Q_k) % n;
                v = ((v * v1) - (P * Q_k)) % n;
                if (flag)
                    flag = false;
                else
                    Q_k = n.BarrettReduction(Q_k * Q_k, n, constant);

                Q_k = (Q_k * Q) % n;


                for (int i = 0; i < s; i++)
                {
                    // index doubling
                    u1 = (u1 * v) % n;
                    v = ((v * v) - (Q_k << 1)) % n;

                    if (flag)
                    {
                        Q_k = Q % n;
                        flag = false;
                    }
                    else
                        Q_k = n.BarrettReduction(Q_k * Q_k, n, constant);
                }

                result[0] = u1;
                result[1] = v;
                result[2] = Q_k;

                return result;
            }
            //***********************************************************************
            // Modulo Exponentiation
            //***********************************************************************

            public BigInteger modPow(BigInteger exp, BigInteger n)
            {
                if ((exp.data[maxLength - 1] & 0x80000000) != 0)
                    throw (new ArithmeticException("Positive exponents only."));

                BigInteger resultNum = 1;
                BigInteger tempNum;
                bool thisNegative = false;

                if ((this.data[maxLength - 1] & 0x80000000) != 0)   // negative this
                {
                    tempNum = -this % n;
                    thisNegative = true;
                }
                else
                    tempNum = this % n;  // ensures (tempNum * tempNum) < b^(2k)

                if ((n.data[maxLength - 1] & 0x80000000) != 0)   // negative n
                    n = -n;

                // calculate constant = b^(2k) / m
                BigInteger constant = new BigInteger();

                int i = n.dataLength << 1;
                constant.data[i] = 0x00000001;
                constant.dataLength = i + 1;

                constant = constant / n;
                int totalBits = exp.bitCount();
                int count = 0;

                // perform squaring and multiply exponentiation
                for (int pos = 0; pos < exp.dataLength; pos++)
                {
                    uint mask = 0x01;
                    //Console.WriteLine("pos = " + pos);

                    for (int index = 0; index < 32; index++)
                    {
                        if ((exp.data[pos] & mask) != 0)
                            resultNum = BarrettReduction(resultNum * tempNum, n, constant);

                        mask <<= 1;

                        tempNum = BarrettReduction(tempNum * tempNum, n, constant);


                        if (tempNum.dataLength == 1 && tempNum.data[0] == 1)
                        {
                            if (thisNegative && (exp.data[0] & 0x1) != 0)    //odd exp
                                return -resultNum;
                            return resultNum;
                        }
                        count++;
                        if (count == totalBits)
                            break;
                    }
                }

                if (thisNegative && (exp.data[0] & 0x1) != 0)    //odd exp
                    return -resultNum;

                return resultNum;
            }