- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- NOTES
- RETURN VALUES
- SEE ALSO
- COPYRIGHT

# NAME

BN_mod_inverse - compute inverse modulo n

# SYNOPSIS

     #include <openssl/bn.h>

     BIGNUM *BN_mod_inverse(BIGNUM *r, BIGNUM *a, const BIGNUM *n,
                            BN_CTX *ctx);

# DESCRIPTION

`BN_mod_inverse()` computes the inverse of a modulo n places the result in r (`(a*r)%n==1`). If r is NULL, a new BIGNUM is created.

ctx is a previously allocated BN_CTX used for temporary variables. r may be the same BIGNUM as a.

# NOTES

It is an error to use the same BIGNUM as n.

# RETURN VALUES

`BN_mod_inverse()` returns the BIGNUM containing the inverse, and NULL on error. The error codes can be obtained by ERR_get_error(3).

# SEE ALSO

ERR_get_error(3), BN_add(3)

# COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2000-2017 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html.