github.com/consensys/gnark-crypto@v0.14.0/ecc/bls24-317/kzg/kzg.go (about)

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    15  // Code generated by consensys/gnark-crypto DO NOT EDIT
    16  
    17  package kzg
    18  
    19  import (
    20  	"errors"
    21  	"hash"
    22  	"math/big"
    23  	"sync"
    24  
    25  	"github.com/consensys/gnark-crypto/ecc"
    26  	"github.com/consensys/gnark-crypto/ecc/bls24-317"
    27  	"github.com/consensys/gnark-crypto/ecc/bls24-317/fr"
    28  	"github.com/consensys/gnark-crypto/fiat-shamir"
    29  
    30  	"github.com/consensys/gnark-crypto/internal/parallel"
    31  )
    32  
    33  var (
    34  	ErrInvalidNbDigests              = errors.New("number of digests is not the same as the number of polynomials")
    35  	ErrZeroNbDigests                 = errors.New("number of digests is zero")
    36  	ErrInvalidPolynomialSize         = errors.New("invalid polynomial size (larger than SRS or == 0)")
    37  	ErrVerifyOpeningProof            = errors.New("can't verify opening proof")
    38  	ErrVerifyBatchOpeningSinglePoint = errors.New("can't verify batch opening proof at single point")
    39  	ErrMinSRSSize                    = errors.New("minimum srs size is 2")
    40  )
    41  
    42  // Digest commitment of a polynomial.
    43  type Digest = bls24317.G1Affine
    44  
    45  // ProvingKey used to create or open commitments
    46  type ProvingKey struct {
    47  	G1 []bls24317.G1Affine // [G₁ [α]G₁ , [α²]G₁, ... ]
    48  }
    49  
    50  // VerifyingKey used to verify opening proofs
    51  type VerifyingKey struct {
    52  	G2    [2]bls24317.G2Affine // [G₂, [α]G₂ ]
    53  	G1    bls24317.G1Affine
    54  	Lines [2][2][len(bls24317.LoopCounter) - 1]bls24317.LineEvaluationAff // precomputed pairing lines corresponding to G₂, [α]G₂
    55  }
    56  
    57  // SRS must be computed through MPC and comprises the ProvingKey and the VerifyingKey
    58  type SRS struct {
    59  	Pk ProvingKey
    60  	Vk VerifyingKey
    61  }
    62  
    63  // TODO @Tabaie get rid of this and use the polynomial package
    64  // eval returns p(point) where p is interpreted as a polynomial
    65  // ∑_{i<len(p)}p[i]Xⁱ
    66  func eval(p []fr.Element, point fr.Element) fr.Element {
    67  	var res fr.Element
    68  	n := len(p)
    69  	res.Set(&p[n-1])
    70  	for i := n - 2; i >= 0; i-- {
    71  		res.Mul(&res, &point).Add(&res, &p[i])
    72  	}
    73  	return res
    74  }
    75  
    76  // NewSRS returns a new SRS using alpha as randomness source
    77  //
    78  // In production, a SRS generated through MPC should be used.
    79  //
    80  // Set Alpha = -1 to generate quickly a balanced, valid SRS (useful for benchmarking).
    81  //
    82  // implements io.ReaderFrom and io.WriterTo
    83  func NewSRS(size uint64, bAlpha *big.Int) (*SRS, error) {
    84  
    85  	if size < 2 {
    86  		return nil, ErrMinSRSSize
    87  	}
    88  	var srs SRS
    89  	srs.Pk.G1 = make([]bls24317.G1Affine, size)
    90  
    91  	var alpha fr.Element
    92  	alpha.SetBigInt(bAlpha)
    93  
    94  	var bMOne big.Int
    95  	bMOne.SetInt64(-1)
    96  
    97  	_, _, gen1Aff, gen2Aff := bls24317.Generators()
    98  
    99  	// in this case, the SRS is <αⁱ[G₁]> whera α is of order 4
   100  	// so no need to run the batch scalar multiplication. We cannot use alpha=1
   101  	// because it tampers the benchmarks (the SRS is not balanced).
   102  	if bAlpha.Cmp(&bMOne) == 0 {
   103  
   104  		t, err := fr.Generator(4)
   105  		if err != nil {
   106  			return &srs, nil
   107  		}
   108  		var bt big.Int
   109  		t.BigInt(&bt)
   110  
   111  		var g [4]bls24317.G1Affine
   112  		g[0] = gen1Aff
   113  		for i := 1; i < 4; i++ {
   114  			g[i].ScalarMultiplication(&g[i-1], &bt)
   115  		}
   116  		parallel.Execute(int(size), func(start, end int) {
   117  			for i := start; i < int(end); i++ {
   118  				srs.Pk.G1[i] = g[i%4]
   119  			}
   120  		})
   121  		srs.Vk.G1 = gen1Aff
   122  		srs.Vk.G2[0] = gen2Aff
   123  		srs.Vk.G2[1].ScalarMultiplication(&srs.Vk.G2[0], &bt)
   124  		srs.Vk.Lines[0] = bls24317.PrecomputeLines(srs.Vk.G2[0])
   125  		srs.Vk.Lines[1] = bls24317.PrecomputeLines(srs.Vk.G2[1])
   126  		return &srs, nil
   127  	}
   128  	srs.Pk.G1[0] = gen1Aff
   129  	srs.Vk.G1 = gen1Aff
   130  	srs.Vk.G2[0] = gen2Aff
   131  	srs.Vk.G2[1].ScalarMultiplication(&gen2Aff, bAlpha)
   132  	srs.Vk.Lines[0] = bls24317.PrecomputeLines(srs.Vk.G2[0])
   133  	srs.Vk.Lines[1] = bls24317.PrecomputeLines(srs.Vk.G2[1])
   134  
   135  	alphas := make([]fr.Element, size-1)
   136  	alphas[0] = alpha
   137  	for i := 1; i < len(alphas); i++ {
   138  		alphas[i].Mul(&alphas[i-1], &alpha)
   139  	}
   140  	g1s := bls24317.BatchScalarMultiplicationG1(&gen1Aff, alphas)
   141  	copy(srs.Pk.G1[1:], g1s)
   142  
   143  	return &srs, nil
   144  }
   145  
   146  // OpeningProof KZG proof for opening at a single point.
   147  //
   148  // implements io.ReaderFrom and io.WriterTo
   149  type OpeningProof struct {
   150  	// H quotient polynomial (f - f(z))/(x-z)
   151  	H bls24317.G1Affine
   152  
   153  	// ClaimedValue purported value
   154  	ClaimedValue fr.Element
   155  }
   156  
   157  // BatchOpeningProof opening proof for many polynomials at the same point
   158  //
   159  // implements io.ReaderFrom and io.WriterTo
   160  type BatchOpeningProof struct {
   161  	// H quotient polynomial Sum_i gamma**i*(f - f(z))/(x-z)
   162  	H bls24317.G1Affine
   163  
   164  	// ClaimedValues purported values
   165  	ClaimedValues []fr.Element
   166  }
   167  
   168  // Commit commits to a polynomial using a multi exponentiation with the SRS.
   169  // It is assumed that the polynomial is in canonical form, in Montgomery form.
   170  func Commit(p []fr.Element, pk ProvingKey, nbTasks ...int) (Digest, error) {
   171  
   172  	if len(p) == 0 || len(p) > len(pk.G1) {
   173  		return Digest{}, ErrInvalidPolynomialSize
   174  	}
   175  
   176  	var res bls24317.G1Affine
   177  
   178  	config := ecc.MultiExpConfig{}
   179  	if len(nbTasks) > 0 {
   180  		config.NbTasks = nbTasks[0]
   181  	}
   182  	if _, err := res.MultiExp(pk.G1[:len(p)], p, config); err != nil {
   183  		return Digest{}, err
   184  	}
   185  
   186  	return res, nil
   187  }
   188  
   189  // Open computes an opening proof of polynomial p at given point.
   190  // fft.Domain Cardinality must be larger than p.Degree()
   191  func Open(p []fr.Element, point fr.Element, pk ProvingKey) (OpeningProof, error) {
   192  	if len(p) == 0 || len(p) > len(pk.G1) {
   193  		return OpeningProof{}, ErrInvalidPolynomialSize
   194  	}
   195  
   196  	// build the proof
   197  	res := OpeningProof{
   198  		ClaimedValue: eval(p, point),
   199  	}
   200  
   201  	// compute H
   202  	// h reuses memory from _p
   203  	_p := make([]fr.Element, len(p))
   204  	copy(_p, p)
   205  	h := dividePolyByXminusA(_p, res.ClaimedValue, point)
   206  
   207  	// commit to H
   208  	hCommit, err := Commit(h, pk)
   209  	if err != nil {
   210  		return OpeningProof{}, err
   211  	}
   212  	res.H.Set(&hCommit)
   213  
   214  	return res, nil
   215  }
   216  
   217  // Verify verifies a KZG opening proof at a single point
   218  func Verify(commitment *Digest, proof *OpeningProof, point fr.Element, vk VerifyingKey) error {
   219  
   220  	// [f(a)]G₁ + [-a]([H(α)]G₁) = [f(a) - a*H(α)]G₁
   221  	var totalG1 bls24317.G1Jac
   222  	var pointNeg fr.Element
   223  	var cmInt, pointInt big.Int
   224  	proof.ClaimedValue.BigInt(&cmInt)
   225  	pointNeg.Neg(&point).BigInt(&pointInt)
   226  	totalG1.JointScalarMultiplication(&vk.G1, &proof.H, &cmInt, &pointInt)
   227  
   228  	// [f(a) - a*H(α)]G₁ + [-f(α)]G₁  = [f(a) - f(α) - a*H(α)]G₁
   229  	var commitmentJac bls24317.G1Jac
   230  	commitmentJac.FromAffine(commitment)
   231  	totalG1.SubAssign(&commitmentJac)
   232  
   233  	// e([f(α)-f(a)+aH(α)]G₁], G₂).e([-H(α)]G₁, [α]G₂) == 1
   234  	var totalG1Aff bls24317.G1Affine
   235  	totalG1Aff.FromJacobian(&totalG1)
   236  	check, err := bls24317.PairingCheckFixedQ(
   237  		[]bls24317.G1Affine{totalG1Aff, proof.H},
   238  		vk.Lines[:],
   239  	)
   240  
   241  	if err != nil {
   242  		return err
   243  	}
   244  	if !check {
   245  		return ErrVerifyOpeningProof
   246  	}
   247  	return nil
   248  }
   249  
   250  // BatchOpenSinglePoint creates a batch opening proof at point of a list of polynomials.
   251  // It's an interactive protocol, made non-interactive using Fiat Shamir.
   252  //
   253  // * point is the point at which the polynomials are opened.
   254  // * digests is the list of committed polynomials to open, need to derive the challenge using Fiat Shamir.
   255  // * polynomials is the list of polynomials to open, they are supposed to be of the same size.
   256  // * dataTranscript extra data that might be needed to derive the challenge used for folding
   257  func BatchOpenSinglePoint(polynomials [][]fr.Element, digests []Digest, point fr.Element, hf hash.Hash, pk ProvingKey, dataTranscript ...[]byte) (BatchOpeningProof, error) {
   258  
   259  	// check for invalid sizes
   260  	nbDigests := len(digests)
   261  	if nbDigests != len(polynomials) {
   262  		return BatchOpeningProof{}, ErrInvalidNbDigests
   263  	}
   264  
   265  	// TODO ensure the polynomials are of the same size
   266  	largestPoly := -1
   267  	for _, p := range polynomials {
   268  		if len(p) == 0 || len(p) > len(pk.G1) {
   269  			return BatchOpeningProof{}, ErrInvalidPolynomialSize
   270  		}
   271  		if len(p) > largestPoly {
   272  			largestPoly = len(p)
   273  		}
   274  	}
   275  
   276  	var res BatchOpeningProof
   277  
   278  	// compute the purported values
   279  	res.ClaimedValues = make([]fr.Element, len(polynomials))
   280  	var wg sync.WaitGroup
   281  	wg.Add(len(polynomials))
   282  	for i := 0; i < len(polynomials); i++ {
   283  		go func(_i int) {
   284  			res.ClaimedValues[_i] = eval(polynomials[_i], point)
   285  			wg.Done()
   286  		}(i)
   287  	}
   288  
   289  	// wait for polynomial evaluations to be completed (res.ClaimedValues)
   290  	wg.Wait()
   291  
   292  	// derive the challenge γ, binded to the point and the commitments
   293  	gamma, err := deriveGamma(point, digests, res.ClaimedValues, hf, dataTranscript...)
   294  	if err != nil {
   295  		return BatchOpeningProof{}, err
   296  	}
   297  
   298  	// ∑ᵢγⁱf(a)
   299  	var foldedEvaluations fr.Element
   300  	chSumGammai := make(chan struct{}, 1)
   301  	go func() {
   302  		foldedEvaluations = res.ClaimedValues[nbDigests-1]
   303  		for i := nbDigests - 2; i >= 0; i-- {
   304  			foldedEvaluations.Mul(&foldedEvaluations, &gamma).
   305  				Add(&foldedEvaluations, &res.ClaimedValues[i])
   306  		}
   307  		close(chSumGammai)
   308  	}()
   309  
   310  	// compute ∑ᵢγⁱfᵢ
   311  	// note: if we are willing to parallelize that, we could clone the poly and scale them by
   312  	// gamma n in parallel, before reducing into foldedPolynomials
   313  	foldedPolynomials := make([]fr.Element, largestPoly)
   314  	copy(foldedPolynomials, polynomials[0])
   315  	gammas := make([]fr.Element, len(polynomials))
   316  	gammas[0] = gamma
   317  	for i := 1; i < len(polynomials); i++ {
   318  		gammas[i].Mul(&gammas[i-1], &gamma)
   319  	}
   320  
   321  	for i := 1; i < len(polynomials); i++ {
   322  		i := i
   323  		parallel.Execute(len(polynomials[i]), func(start, end int) {
   324  			var pj fr.Element
   325  			for j := start; j < end; j++ {
   326  				pj.Mul(&polynomials[i][j], &gammas[i-1])
   327  				foldedPolynomials[j].Add(&foldedPolynomials[j], &pj)
   328  			}
   329  		})
   330  	}
   331  
   332  	// compute H
   333  	<-chSumGammai
   334  	h := dividePolyByXminusA(foldedPolynomials, foldedEvaluations, point)
   335  	foldedPolynomials = nil // same memory as h
   336  
   337  	res.H, err = Commit(h, pk)
   338  	if err != nil {
   339  		return BatchOpeningProof{}, err
   340  	}
   341  
   342  	return res, nil
   343  }
   344  
   345  // FoldProof fold the digests and the proofs in batchOpeningProof using Fiat Shamir
   346  // to obtain an opening proof at a single point.
   347  //
   348  // * digests list of digests on which batchOpeningProof is based
   349  // * batchOpeningProof opening proof of digests
   350  // * transcript extra data needed to derive the challenge used for folding.
   351  // * returns the folded version of batchOpeningProof, Digest, the folded version of digests
   352  func FoldProof(digests []Digest, batchOpeningProof *BatchOpeningProof, point fr.Element, hf hash.Hash, dataTranscript ...[]byte) (OpeningProof, Digest, error) {
   353  
   354  	nbDigests := len(digests)
   355  
   356  	// check consistency between numbers of claims vs number of digests
   357  	if nbDigests != len(batchOpeningProof.ClaimedValues) {
   358  		return OpeningProof{}, Digest{}, ErrInvalidNbDigests
   359  	}
   360  
   361  	// derive the challenge γ, binded to the point and the commitments
   362  	gamma, err := deriveGamma(point, digests, batchOpeningProof.ClaimedValues, hf, dataTranscript...)
   363  	if err != nil {
   364  		return OpeningProof{}, Digest{}, ErrInvalidNbDigests
   365  	}
   366  
   367  	// fold the claimed values and digests
   368  	// gammai = [1,γ,γ²,..,γⁿ⁻¹]
   369  	gammai := make([]fr.Element, nbDigests)
   370  	gammai[0].SetOne()
   371  	if nbDigests > 1 {
   372  		gammai[1] = gamma
   373  	}
   374  	for i := 2; i < nbDigests; i++ {
   375  		gammai[i].Mul(&gammai[i-1], &gamma)
   376  	}
   377  
   378  	foldedDigests, foldedEvaluations, err := fold(digests, batchOpeningProof.ClaimedValues, gammai)
   379  	if err != nil {
   380  		return OpeningProof{}, Digest{}, err
   381  	}
   382  
   383  	// create the folded opening proof
   384  	var res OpeningProof
   385  	res.ClaimedValue.Set(&foldedEvaluations)
   386  	res.H.Set(&batchOpeningProof.H)
   387  
   388  	return res, foldedDigests, nil
   389  }
   390  
   391  // BatchVerifySinglePoint verifies a batched opening proof at a single point of a list of polynomials.
   392  //
   393  // * digests list of digests on which opening proof is done
   394  // * batchOpeningProof proof of correct opening on the digests
   395  // * dataTranscript extra data that might be needed to derive the challenge used for the folding
   396  func BatchVerifySinglePoint(digests []Digest, batchOpeningProof *BatchOpeningProof, point fr.Element, hf hash.Hash, vk VerifyingKey, dataTranscript ...[]byte) error {
   397  
   398  	// fold the proof
   399  	foldedProof, foldedDigest, err := FoldProof(digests, batchOpeningProof, point, hf, dataTranscript...)
   400  	if err != nil {
   401  		return err
   402  	}
   403  
   404  	// verify the foldedProof against the foldedDigest
   405  	err = Verify(&foldedDigest, &foldedProof, point, vk)
   406  	return err
   407  
   408  }
   409  
   410  // BatchVerifyMultiPoints batch verifies a list of opening proofs at different points.
   411  // The purpose of the batching is to have only one pairing for verifying several proofs.
   412  //
   413  // * digests list of committed polynomials
   414  // * proofs list of opening proofs, one for each digest
   415  // * points the list of points at which the opening are done
   416  func BatchVerifyMultiPoints(digests []Digest, proofs []OpeningProof, points []fr.Element, vk VerifyingKey) error {
   417  
   418  	// check consistency nb proogs vs nb digests
   419  	if len(digests) != len(proofs) || len(digests) != len(points) {
   420  		return ErrInvalidNbDigests
   421  	}
   422  
   423  	// len(digests) should be nonzero because of randomNumbers
   424  	if len(digests) == 0 {
   425  		return ErrZeroNbDigests
   426  	}
   427  
   428  	// if only one digest, call Verify
   429  	if len(digests) == 1 {
   430  		return Verify(&digests[0], &proofs[0], points[0], vk)
   431  	}
   432  
   433  	// sample random numbers λᵢ for sampling
   434  	randomNumbers := make([]fr.Element, len(digests))
   435  	randomNumbers[0].SetOne()
   436  	for i := 1; i < len(randomNumbers); i++ {
   437  		_, err := randomNumbers[i].SetRandom()
   438  		if err != nil {
   439  			return err
   440  		}
   441  	}
   442  
   443  	// fold the committed quotients compute ∑ᵢλᵢ[Hᵢ(α)]G₁
   444  	var foldedQuotients bls24317.G1Affine
   445  	quotients := make([]bls24317.G1Affine, len(proofs))
   446  	for i := 0; i < len(randomNumbers); i++ {
   447  		quotients[i].Set(&proofs[i].H)
   448  	}
   449  	config := ecc.MultiExpConfig{}
   450  	if _, err := foldedQuotients.MultiExp(quotients, randomNumbers, config); err != nil {
   451  		return err
   452  	}
   453  
   454  	// fold digests and evals
   455  	evals := make([]fr.Element, len(digests))
   456  	for i := 0; i < len(randomNumbers); i++ {
   457  		evals[i].Set(&proofs[i].ClaimedValue)
   458  	}
   459  
   460  	// fold the digests: ∑ᵢλᵢ[f_i(α)]G₁
   461  	// fold the evals  : ∑ᵢλᵢfᵢ(aᵢ)
   462  	foldedDigests, foldedEvals, err := fold(digests, evals, randomNumbers)
   463  	if err != nil {
   464  		return err
   465  	}
   466  
   467  	// compute commitment to folded Eval  [∑ᵢλᵢfᵢ(aᵢ)]G₁
   468  	var foldedEvalsCommit bls24317.G1Affine
   469  	var foldedEvalsBigInt big.Int
   470  	foldedEvals.BigInt(&foldedEvalsBigInt)
   471  	foldedEvalsCommit.ScalarMultiplication(&vk.G1, &foldedEvalsBigInt)
   472  
   473  	// compute foldedDigests = ∑ᵢλᵢ[fᵢ(α)]G₁ - [∑ᵢλᵢfᵢ(aᵢ)]G₁
   474  	foldedDigests.Sub(&foldedDigests, &foldedEvalsCommit)
   475  
   476  	// combien the points and the quotients using γᵢ
   477  	// ∑ᵢλᵢ[p_i]([Hᵢ(α)]G₁)
   478  	var foldedPointsQuotients bls24317.G1Affine
   479  	for i := 0; i < len(randomNumbers); i++ {
   480  		randomNumbers[i].Mul(&randomNumbers[i], &points[i])
   481  	}
   482  	_, err = foldedPointsQuotients.MultiExp(quotients, randomNumbers, config)
   483  	if err != nil {
   484  		return err
   485  	}
   486  
   487  	// ∑ᵢλᵢ[f_i(α)]G₁ - [∑ᵢλᵢfᵢ(aᵢ)]G₁ + ∑ᵢλᵢ[p_i]([Hᵢ(α)]G₁)
   488  	// = [∑ᵢλᵢf_i(α) - ∑ᵢλᵢfᵢ(aᵢ) + ∑ᵢλᵢpᵢHᵢ(α)]G₁
   489  	foldedDigests.Add(&foldedDigests, &foldedPointsQuotients)
   490  
   491  	// -∑ᵢλᵢ[Qᵢ(α)]G₁
   492  	foldedQuotients.Neg(&foldedQuotients)
   493  
   494  	// pairing check
   495  	// e([∑ᵢλᵢ(fᵢ(α) - fᵢ(pᵢ) + pᵢHᵢ(α))]G₁, G₂).e([-∑ᵢλᵢ[Hᵢ(α)]G₁), [α]G₂)
   496  	check, err := bls24317.PairingCheckFixedQ(
   497  		[]bls24317.G1Affine{foldedDigests, foldedQuotients},
   498  		vk.Lines[:],
   499  	)
   500  	if err != nil {
   501  		return err
   502  	}
   503  	if !check {
   504  		return ErrVerifyOpeningProof
   505  	}
   506  	return nil
   507  
   508  }
   509  
   510  // fold folds digests and evaluations using the list of factors as random numbers.
   511  //
   512  // * digests list of digests to fold
   513  // * evaluations list of evaluations to fold
   514  // * factors list of multiplicative factors used for the folding (in Montgomery form)
   515  //
   516  // * Returns ∑ᵢcᵢdᵢ, ∑ᵢcᵢf(aᵢ)
   517  func fold(di []Digest, fai []fr.Element, ci []fr.Element) (Digest, fr.Element, error) {
   518  
   519  	// length inconsistency between digests and evaluations should have been done before calling this function
   520  	nbDigests := len(di)
   521  
   522  	// fold the claimed values ∑ᵢcᵢf(aᵢ)
   523  	var foldedEvaluations, tmp fr.Element
   524  	for i := 0; i < nbDigests; i++ {
   525  		tmp.Mul(&fai[i], &ci[i])
   526  		foldedEvaluations.Add(&foldedEvaluations, &tmp)
   527  	}
   528  
   529  	// fold the digests ∑ᵢ[cᵢ]([fᵢ(α)]G₁)
   530  	var foldedDigests Digest
   531  	_, err := foldedDigests.MultiExp(di, ci, ecc.MultiExpConfig{})
   532  	if err != nil {
   533  		return foldedDigests, foldedEvaluations, err
   534  	}
   535  
   536  	// folding done
   537  	return foldedDigests, foldedEvaluations, nil
   538  
   539  }
   540  
   541  // deriveGamma derives a challenge using Fiat Shamir to fold proofs.
   542  func deriveGamma(point fr.Element, digests []Digest, claimedValues []fr.Element, hf hash.Hash, dataTranscript ...[]byte) (fr.Element, error) {
   543  
   544  	// derive the challenge gamma, binded to the point and the commitments
   545  	fs := fiatshamir.NewTranscript(hf, "gamma")
   546  	if err := fs.Bind("gamma", point.Marshal()); err != nil {
   547  		return fr.Element{}, err
   548  	}
   549  	for i := range digests {
   550  		if err := fs.Bind("gamma", digests[i].Marshal()); err != nil {
   551  			return fr.Element{}, err
   552  		}
   553  	}
   554  	for i := range claimedValues {
   555  		if err := fs.Bind("gamma", claimedValues[i].Marshal()); err != nil {
   556  			return fr.Element{}, err
   557  		}
   558  	}
   559  
   560  	for i := 0; i < len(dataTranscript); i++ {
   561  		if err := fs.Bind("gamma", dataTranscript[i]); err != nil {
   562  			return fr.Element{}, err
   563  		}
   564  	}
   565  
   566  	gammaByte, err := fs.ComputeChallenge("gamma")
   567  	if err != nil {
   568  		return fr.Element{}, err
   569  	}
   570  	var gamma fr.Element
   571  	gamma.SetBytes(gammaByte)
   572  
   573  	return gamma, nil
   574  }
   575  
   576  // dividePolyByXminusA computes (f-f(a))/(x-a), in canonical basis, in regular form
   577  // f memory is re-used for the result
   578  func dividePolyByXminusA(f []fr.Element, fa, a fr.Element) []fr.Element {
   579  
   580  	// first we compute f-f(a)
   581  	f[0].Sub(&f[0], &fa)
   582  
   583  	// now we use synthetic division to divide by x-a
   584  	var t fr.Element
   585  	for i := len(f) - 2; i >= 0; i-- {
   586  		t.Mul(&f[i+1], &a)
   587  
   588  		f[i].Add(&f[i], &t)
   589  	}
   590  
   591  	// the result is of degree deg(f)-1
   592  	return f[1:]
   593  }