Arithmetic.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# encoding: utf-8
'''
Created on Dec 22, 2011
@author: pablocelayes
'''

def egcd(a,b):
    '''
    Extended Euclidean Algorithm
    returns x, y, gcd(a,b) such that ax + by = gcd(a,b)
    '''
    u, u1 = 1, 0
    v, v1 = 0, 1
    while b:
        q = a // b
        u, u1 = u1, u - q * u1
        v, v1 = v1, v - q * v1
        a, b = b, a - q * b
    return u, v, a

def gcd(a,b):
    '''
    2.8 times faster than egcd(a,b)[2]
    '''
    a,b=(b,a) if a<b else (a,b)
    while b:
        a,b=b,a%b
    return a

def modInverse(e,n):
    '''
    d such that de = 1 (mod n)
    e must be coprime to n
    this is assumed to be true
    '''
    return egcd(e,n)[0]%n

def totient(p,q):
    '''
    Calculates the totient of pq
    '''
    return (p-1)*(q-1)

def bitlength(x):
    '''
    Calculates the bitlength of x
    '''
    assert x >= 0
    n = 0
    while x > 0:
        n = n+1
        x = x>>1
    return n


def isqrt(n):
    '''
    Calculates the integer square root
    for arbitrary large nonnegative integers
    '''
    if n < 0:
        raise ValueError('square root not defined for negative numbers')

    if n == 0:
        return 0
    a, b = divmod(bitlength(n), 2)
    x = 2**(a+b)
    while True:
        y = (x + n//x)//2
        if y >= x:
            return x
        x = y


def is_perfect_square(n):
    '''
    If n is a perfect square it returns sqrt(n),

    otherwise returns -1
    '''
    h = n & 0xF; #last hexadecimal "digit"

    if h > 9:
        return -1 # return immediately in 6 cases out of 16.

    # Take advantage of Boolean short-circuit evaluation
    if ( h != 2 and h != 3 and h != 5 and h != 6 and h != 7 and h != 8 ):
        # take square root if you must
        t = isqrt(n)
        if t*t == n:
            return t
        else:
            return -1

    return -1

#TEST functions

def test_is_perfect_square():
    print("Testing is_perfect_square")
    testsuit = [4, 0, 15, 25, 18, 901, 1000, 1024]

    for n in testsuit:
        print("Is ", n, " a perfect square?")
        if is_perfect_square(n)!= -1:
            print("Yes!")
        else:
            print("Nope")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    test_is_perfect_square()