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- Discover different ways to calculate multiplicative inverses
Transform the equations
You used one or more of the fields on the left, so your equations are of the form bx ≡ a mod m.
We want them to be of the form x ≡ a mod m, so we need to move the values on the left to the right side of the equation.
For a more detailed explanation about how this works, see this part of our page about how to execute the Chinese Remainder algorithm.
First, we calculate the inverses of the leftmost value on each row:
| n | b | q | r | t1 | t2 | t3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 257 | 446 | 0 | 257 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 446 | 257 | 1 | 189 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 257 | 189 | 1 | 68 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| 189 | 68 | 2 | 53 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 68 | 53 | 1 | 15 | -1 | 3 | -4 |
| 53 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 3 | -4 | 15 |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 15 | -19 |
| 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | -19 | 34 |
| 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | -19 | 34 | -257 |
Source: ExtendedEuclideanAlgorithm.com
| n | b | q | r | t1 | t2 | t3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 173 | 490 | 0 | 173 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 490 | 173 | 2 | 144 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 173 | 144 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
| 144 | 29 | 4 | 28 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 29 | 28 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | -6 |
| 28 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 173 |
Source: ExtendedEuclideanAlgorithm.com
| n | b | q | r | t1 | t2 | t3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 647 | 652 | 0 | 647 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 652 | 647 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 647 | 5 | 129 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -129 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | -129 | 259 |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -129 | 259 | -647 |
Source: ExtendedEuclideanAlgorithm.com
Click on any row to reveal a more detailed calculation of each multiplicative inverse.
Now that we now the inverses, let's move the leftmost value on each row to the right of the equation:
x ≡ 17 × 446-1 (mod 257) ≡ 17 × 34 (mod 257) ≡ 64 (mod 257)x ≡ 889 × 490-1 (mod 173) ≡ 889 × 167 (mod 173) ≡ 29 (mod 173)x ≡ 953 × 652-1 (mod 647) ≡ 953 × 259 (mod 647) ≡ 320 (mod 647)
So now we have the following equations of the form x ≡ a (mod m):
x ≡ 64 (mod 257)
x ≡ 29 (mod 173)
x ≡ 320 (mod 647)
Now the actual calculation
- Find the common modulus M
M = m1 × m2 × ... × mk = 257 × 173 × 647 = 28766267 - We calculate the numbers M1 to M3
M1=M/m1=28766267/257=111931,M2=M/m2=28766267/173=166279,M3=M/m3=28766267/647=44461 - We now calculate the modular multiplicative inverses M1-1 to M3-1
Have a look at the page that explains how to calculate modular multiplicative inverse.
Using, for example, the Extended Euclidean Algorithm, we will find that:
So our multiplicative inverse is -17 mod 257 ≡ 240n b q r t1 t2 t3 257 111931 0 257 0 1 0 111931 257 435 136 1 0 1 257 136 1 121 0 1 -1 136 121 1 15 1 -1 2 121 15 8 1 -1 2 -17 15 1 15 0 2 -17 257
Source: ExtendedEuclideanAlgorithm.com
So our multiplicative inverse is 20 mod 173 ≡ 20n b q r t1 t2 t3 173 166279 0 173 0 1 0 166279 173 961 26 1 0 1 173 26 6 17 0 1 -6 26 17 1 9 1 -6 7 17 9 1 8 -6 7 -13 9 8 1 1 7 -13 20 8 1 8 0 -13 20 -173
Source: ExtendedEuclideanAlgorithm.com
So our multiplicative inverse is -32 mod 647 ≡ 615n b q r t1 t2 t3 647 44461 0 647 0 1 0 44461 647 68 465 1 0 1 647 465 1 182 0 1 -1 465 182 2 101 1 -1 3 182 101 1 81 -1 3 -4 101 81 1 20 3 -4 7 81 20 4 1 -4 7 -32 20 1 20 0 7 -32 647
Source: ExtendedEuclideanAlgorithm.com
- Now we can calculate x with the equation we saw earlier
x = (a1 × M1 × M1-1 + a2 × M2 × M2-1 + ... + ak × Mk × Mk-1) mod M
= (64 × 111931 × 240 +
29 × 166279 × 20 +
320 × 44461 × 615) mod 28766267
= 8406791 (mod 28766267)
So our answer is 8406791 (mod 28766267).
Verification
So we found that x ≡ 8406791
If this is correct, then the following statements (i.e. the original equations) are true:
446x (mod 257) ≡ 17 (mod 257)
490x (mod 173) ≡ 889 (mod 173)
652x (mod 647) ≡ 953 (mod 647)
Let's see whether that's indeed the case if we use x ≡ 8406791.