\gdef\mod#1{[{#1}]}

Bignum representations

Montgomery Residue Number System (Monty BuRNS)

\mathcal{M} = \left\{ m_i \vert m_i \mathrm{\;is\; prime},\; i \in [0,N-1] \right\}

\displaystyle M = \prod_{\mathcal{M}}^{m} m

x_i = X\cdot2^{64} \mod m_i

z_i = x_i + y_i \mod m_i

z_i = x_i \cdot y_i \mod m_i

z_i = x_i y_i^{-1} \mod m_i

Positional notation

X_n = \left\lfloor x b^{-n} \right\rfloor \mod b

x = \sum_{[0,N]}^{n} X_n b^n

Advantages

GMP!

Disadvantages

Not easily distributable.

Chinese remainder theorem

Advantages

Easy to make distributable.

Disadvantages

No GMP!

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