Given E: (elliptical curve)
$y^2 = x_3+2x+2 \bmod 17$
Recall: $y^2 = x_3+ax+b$$y^2 = x^3+ax+b$
point $P=(5,1)$
Compute:
$2P = P+P = (5,1)+(5,1)= (x_3,y_3)$
Now the formula used here is slope $m = \dfrac{3x_1^2 +a}{2y_1}$
and what they got is $s = (2 · 1)^{−1} (3 · 5^2 + 2) = 2^{−1} · 9 ≡ 9 · 9 ≡ 13 \bmod 17$
this is what confuses me.
should it not be $(2·1)^{-1}(3 · 5^2 + 2)= 38.5 \bmod 17$ which is 4.5?
Sorry if this may seem trivial, I'm doing a research for a high school project.
The next steps are:
$x_3 = m^2 − x_1 − x_2 = 13^2 − 5 − 5 = 159 ≡ 6 \bmod 17$ $y_3 = m(x_1−x_3) − y_1 = 13(5 − 6) − 1= −14 ≡ 3 \bmod 17$
$(x_3,y_3) = (6,3)$
which I don't understand as well
If someone could enlighten me on this I would be very happy!