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JavaScript/Maths/ModularBinaryExponentiationRecursive.js
2020-10-01 23:27:32 +05:30

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/*
Modified from:
https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python/blob/master/maths/binary_exp_mod.py
Explaination:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponentiation_by_squaring
*/
const modularBinaryExponentiation = (a, n, m) => {
// input: a: int, n: int, m: int
// returns: (a^n) % m: int
if (n === 0) {
return 1
} else if (n % 2 === 1) {
return (modularBinaryExponentiation(a, n - 1, m) * a) % m
} else {
const b = modularBinaryExponentiation(a, n / 2, m)
return (b * b) % m
}
}
const main = () => {
// binary_exponentiation(2, 10, 17)
// > 4
console.log(modularBinaryExponentiation(2, 10, 17))
// binary_exponentiation(3, 9, 12)
// > 3
console.log(modularBinaryExponentiation(3, 9, 12))
}
main()