Errata to Stinson's Book


Extended Euclidean Algorithm, Stinson pg 160

Stinson's algorithms return r as the gcd(a,b), when the algorithm in fact only terminates when r=0.

The return line should read:

return (r=min(a0, b0), s, t)
This takes care of both the case where the loop is entered, and the case where b|a or a|b, and the main while loop is not entered.


Multiplicitive Inverse Algorithm, Stinson pg 161

Similar modifications must be made here, as for EEA. The end should read:

if b0 != 1
     then b has no inverse modulo a
     else return (t)


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