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math128 - [mainnet]

Standard math utilities missing in the Move Language.

use 0x1::error;
use 0x1::fixed_point32;
use 0x1::fixed_point64;

Constants

Cannot log2 the value 0

const EINVALID_ARG_FLOOR_LOG2: u64 = 1;

Functions

max

Return the largest of two numbers.

public fun max(a: u128, b: u128): u128
Implementation
public fun max(a: u128, b: u128): u128 {
if (a >= b) a else b
}

min

Return the smallest of two numbers.

public fun min(a: u128, b: u128): u128
Implementation
public fun min(a: u128, b: u128): u128 {
if (a < b) a else b
}

average

Return the average of two.

public fun average(a: u128, b: u128): u128
Implementation
public fun average(a: u128, b: u128): u128 {
if (a < b) {
a + (b - a) / 2
} else {
b + (a - b) / 2
}
}

gcd

Return greatest common divisor of a & b, via the Euclidean algorithm.

public fun gcd(a: u128, b: u128): u128
Implementation
public inline fun gcd(a: u128, b: u128): u128 {
let (large, small) = if (a > b) (a, b) else (b, a);
while (small != 0) {
let tmp = small;
small = large % small;
large = tmp;
};
large
}

lcm

Return least common multiple of a & b

public fun lcm(a: u128, b: u128): u128
Implementation
public inline fun lcm(a: u128, b: u128): u128 {
if (a == 0 || b == 0) {
0
} else {
a / gcd(a, b) * b
}
}

mul_div

Returns a * b / c going through u256 to prevent intermediate overflow

public fun mul_div(a: u128, b: u128, c: u128): u128
Implementation
public inline fun mul_div(a: u128, b: u128, c: u128): u128 {
// Inline functions cannot take constants, as then every module using it needs the constant
assert!(c != 0, std::error::invalid_argument(4));
(((a as u256) * (b as u256) / (c as u256)) as u128)
}

clamp

Return x clamped to the interval [lower, upper].

public fun clamp(x: u128, lower: u128, upper: u128): u128
Implementation
public fun clamp(x: u128, lower: u128, upper: u128): u128 {
min(upper, max(lower, x))
}

pow

Return the value of n raised to power e

public fun pow(n: u128, e: u128): u128
Implementation
public fun pow(n: u128, e: u128): u128 {
if (e == 0) {
1
} else {
let p = 1;
while (e > 1) {
if (e % 2 == 1) {
p *= n;
};
e /= 2;
n *= n;
};
p * n
}
}

floor_log2

Returns floor(log2(x))

public fun floor_log2(x: u128): u8
Implementation
public fun floor_log2(x: u128): u8 {
let res = 0;
assert!(x != 0, std::error::invalid_argument(EINVALID_ARG_FLOOR_LOG2));
// Effectively the position of the most significant set bit
let n = 64;
while (n > 0) {
if (x >= (1 << n)) {
x >>= n;
res += n;
};
n >>= 1;
};
res
}

log2

public fun log2(x: u128): fixed_point32::FixedPoint32
Implementation
public fun log2(x: u128): FixedPoint32 {
let integer_part = floor_log2(x);
// Normalize x to [1, 2) in fixed point 32.
if (x >= 1 << 32) {
x >>= (integer_part - 32);
} else {
x <<= (32 - integer_part);
};
let frac = 0;
let delta = 1 << 31;
while (delta != 0) {
// log x = 1/2 log x^2
// x in [1, 2)
x = (x * x) >> 32;
// x is now in [1, 4)
// if x in [2, 4) then log x = 1 + log (x / 2)
if (x >= (2 << 32)) { frac += delta; x >>= 1; };
delta >>= 1;
};
fixed_point32::create_from_raw_value (((integer_part as u64) << 32) + frac)
}

log2_64

public fun log2_64(x: u128): fixed_point64::FixedPoint64
Implementation
public fun log2_64(x: u128): FixedPoint64 {
let integer_part = floor_log2(x);
// Normalize x to [1, 2) in fixed point 63. To ensure x is smaller then 1<<64
if (x >= 1 << 63) {
x >>= (integer_part - 63);
} else {
x <<= (63 - integer_part);
};
let frac = 0;
let delta = 1 << 63;
while (delta != 0) {
// log x = 1/2 log x^2
// x in [1, 2)
x = (x * x) >> 63;
// x is now in [1, 4)
// if x in [2, 4) then log x = 1 + log (x / 2)
if (x >= (2 << 63)) { frac += delta; x >>= 1; };
delta >>= 1;
};
fixed_point64::create_from_raw_value (((integer_part as u128) << 64) + frac)
}

sqrt

Returns square root of x, precisely floor(sqrt(x))

public fun sqrt(x: u128): u128
Implementation
public fun sqrt(x: u128): u128 {
if (x == 0) return 0;
// Note the plus 1 in the expression. Let n = floor_lg2(x) we have x in [2^n, 2^{n+1}) and thus the answer in
// the half-open interval [2^(n/2), 2^{(n+1)/2}). For even n we can write this as [2^(n/2), sqrt(2) 2^{n/2})
// for odd n [2^((n+1)/2)/sqrt(2), 2^((n+1)/2). For even n the left end point is integer for odd the right
// end point is integer. If we choose as our first approximation the integer end point we have as maximum
// relative error either (sqrt(2) - 1) or (1 - 1/sqrt(2)) both are smaller then 1/2.
let res = 1 << ((floor_log2(x) + 1) >> 1);
// We use standard newton-rhapson iteration to improve the initial approximation.
// The error term evolves as delta_i+1 = delta_i^2 / 2 (quadratic convergence).
// It turns out that after 5 iterations the delta is smaller than 2^-64 and thus below the treshold.
res = (res + x / res) >> 1;
res = (res + x / res) >> 1;
res = (res + x / res) >> 1;
res = (res + x / res) >> 1;
res = (res + x / res) >> 1;
min(res, x / res)
}

ceil_div

public fun ceil_div(x: u128, y: u128): u128
Implementation
public inline fun ceil_div(x: u128, y: u128): u128 {
// ceil_div(x, y) = floor((x + y - 1) / y) = floor((x - 1) / y) + 1
// (x + y - 1) could spuriously overflow. so we use the later version
if (x == 0) {
// Inline functions cannot take constants, as then every module using it needs the constant
assert!(y != 0, std::error::invalid_argument(4));
0
}
else (x - 1) / y + 1
}

Specification

max

public fun max(a: u128, b: u128): u128
aborts_if false;
ensures a >= b ==> result == a;
ensures a < b ==> result == b;

min

public fun min(a: u128, b: u128): u128
aborts_if false;
ensures a < b ==> result == a;
ensures a >= b ==> result == b;

average

public fun average(a: u128, b: u128): u128
pragma opaque;
aborts_if false;
ensures result == (a + b) / 2;

clamp

public fun clamp(x: u128, lower: u128, upper: u128): u128
requires (lower <= upper);
aborts_if false;
ensures (lower <=x && x <= upper) ==> result == x;
ensures (x < lower) ==> result == lower;
ensures (upper < x) ==> result == upper;

pow

public fun pow(n: u128, e: u128): u128
pragma opaque;
aborts_if [abstract] spec_pow(n, e) > MAX_U128;
ensures [abstract] result == spec_pow(n, e);

floor_log2

public fun floor_log2(x: u128): u8
pragma opaque;
aborts_if [abstract] x == 0;
ensures [abstract] spec_pow(2, result) <= x;
ensures [abstract] x < spec_pow(2, result+1);

sqrt

public fun sqrt(x: u128): u128
pragma opaque;
aborts_if [abstract] false;
ensures [abstract] x > 0 ==> result * result <= x;
ensures [abstract] x > 0 ==> x < (result+1) * (result+1);
fun spec_pow(n: u128, e: u128): u128 {
if (e == 0) {
1
}
else {
n * spec_pow(n, e-1)
}
}