/**
* Computes the Window NAF (non-adjacent Form) of an integer.
* @param width The width <code>w</code> of the Window NAF. The width is
* defined as the minimal number <code>w</code>, such that for any
* <code>w</code> consecutive digits in the resulting representation, at
* most one is non-zero.
* @param k The integer of which the Window NAF is computed.
* @return The Window NAF of the given width, such that the following holds:
* <code>k = −<sub>i=0</sub><sup>l-1</sup> k<sub>i</sub>2<sup>i</sup>
* </code>, where the <code>k<sub>i</sub></code> denote the elements of the
* returned <code>sbyte[]</code>.
*/
public sbyte[] WindowNaf(sbyte width, BigInteger k)
{
// The window NAF is at most 1 element longer than the binary
// representation of the integer k. sbyte can be used instead of short or
// int unless the window width is larger than 8. For larger width use
// short or int. However, a width of more than 8 is not efficient for
// m = log2(q) smaller than 2305 Bits. Note: Values for m larger than
// 1000 Bits are currently not used in practice.
sbyte[] wnaf = new sbyte[k.BitLength + 1];
// 2^width as short and BigInteger
short pow2wB = (short)(1 << width);
BigInteger pow2wBI = BigInteger.ValueOf(pow2wB);
int i = 0;
// The actual length of the WNAF
int length = 0;
// while k >= 1
while (k.SignValue > 0)
{
// if k is odd
if (k.TestBit(0))
{
// k Mod 2^width
BigInteger remainder = k.Mod(pow2wBI);
// if remainder > 2^(width - 1) - 1
if (remainder.TestBit(width - 1))
{
wnaf[i] = (sbyte)(remainder.IntValue - pow2wB);
}
else
{
wnaf[i] = (sbyte)remainder.IntValue;
}
// wnaf[i] is now in [-2^(width-1), 2^(width-1)-1]
k = k.Subtract(BigInteger.ValueOf(wnaf[i]));
length = i;
}
else
{
wnaf[i] = 0;
}
// k = k/2
k = k.ShiftRight(1);
i++;
}
length++;
// Reduce the WNAF array to its actual length
sbyte[] wnafShort = new sbyte[length];
Array.Copy(wnaf, 0, wnafShort, 0, length);
return wnafShort;
}