CREW PRAM complexity of modular inversion

Joachim Von Zur Gathen, Igor E. Shparlinski

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Abstract

One of the long-standing open questions in the theory of parallel computation is the parallel complexity of the integer gcd and related problems, such as modular inversion. We present a lower bound Ω(log n) for the parallel time on a concurrent-read exclusive-write parallel random access machine (CREW PRAM) computing the inverse modulo certain n-bit integers, including all such primes. For infinitely many moduli, our lower bound matches asymptotically the known upper bound. We obtain a similar lower bound for computing a specified bit in a large power of an integer. Our main tools are certain estimates for exponential sums in finite fields.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1839-1857
Number of pages19
JournalSIAM Journal on Computing
Volume29
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2000

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