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Published: Feb 8, 2024 License: Apache-2.0 Imports: 5 Imported by: 0

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Package cmp provides methods and functions for comparing two numbers.

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Functions

func GetHints

func GetHints() []solver.Hint

GetHints returns all hint functions used in this package. This method is useful for registering all hints in the solver.

func IsLess

func IsLess(api frontend.API, a, b frontend.Variable) frontend.Variable

IsLess returns 1 if a < b, and returns 0 if a >= b. a and b should be integers in range [0, P-1], where P is the order of the underlying field used by the proof system.

When inputs are not in range [0, P-1], the remainder of their division by P will be considered for comparison.

func IsLessBinary

func IsLessBinary(api frontend.API, aBits, bBits []frontend.Variable) frontend.Variable

IsLessBinary compares two non-negative binary numbers represented by aBits and bBits. It returns 1 if the integer represented by aBits is less than the integer represented by bBits, and returns 0 otherwise.

func IsLessOrEqual

func IsLessOrEqual(api frontend.API, a, b frontend.Variable) frontend.Variable

IsLessOrEqual returns 1 if a <= b, and returns 0 if a > b. a and b should be integers in range [0, P-1], where P is the order of the underlying field used by the proof system.

When inputs are not in range [0, P-1], the remainder of their division by P will be considered for comparison.

func IsLessOrEqualBinary

func IsLessOrEqualBinary(api frontend.API, aBits, bBits []frontend.Variable) frontend.Variable

IsLessOrEqualBinary compares two non-negative binary numbers represented by aBits and bBits. It returns 1 if the integer represented by aBits is less than or equal to the integer represented by bBits, and returns 0 otherwise.

Types

type BoundedComparator

type BoundedComparator struct {
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

BoundedComparator provides comparison methods, with relatively low circuit complexity, for signed comparison of two integers a and b, when an upper bound for their absolute difference (|a - b|) is known. These methods perform only one binary conversion of length: absDiffUppBitLen.

a and b can be any signed integers, as long as their absolute difference respects the specified bound: |a - b| <= absDiffUpp. See NewBoundedComparator, for more information.

func NewBoundedComparator

func NewBoundedComparator(api frontend.API, absDiffUpp *big.Int, allowNonDeterministicBehaviour bool) *BoundedComparator

NewBoundedComparator creates a new BoundedComparator, which provides methods for comparing two numbers a and b.

absDiffUpp is the upper bound of the absolute difference of a and b, such that |a - b| <= absDiffUpp. Notice that |a - b| can be equal to absDiffUpp. absDiffUpp must be a positive number, and P - absDiffUpp - 1 must have a longer binary representation than absDiffUpp, where P is the order of the underlying field. Lower values of absDiffUpp will reduce the number of generated constraints.

This function can detect invalid values of absDiffUpp and panics when the provided value is not positive or is too big.

As long as |a - b| <= absDiffUpp, all the methods of BoundedComparator work correctly.

If |a - b| > absDiffUpp, as long as |a - b| < P - 2^absDiffUpp.BitLen(), either a proof can not be generated or the comparison methods work correctly.

When |a - b| >= P - 2^absDiffUpp.BitLen(), if allowNonDeterministicBehaviour is not set, either a proof can not be generated or the methods wrongly produce reversed results. The exact behaviour depends on the specific method and the value of |a - b|, but it will be always well-defined and deterministic.

If allowNonDeterministicBehaviour is set, when |a - b| >= P - 2^absDiffUpp.BitLen(), the generated constraint system sometimes may have multiple solutions and hence the behaviour of the exported methods of BoundedComparator will be undefined.

func (BoundedComparator) AssertIsLess

func (bc BoundedComparator) AssertIsLess(a, b frontend.Variable)

AssertIsLess defines a set of constraints that can be satisfied only if a < b.

func (BoundedComparator) AssertIsLessEq

func (bc BoundedComparator) AssertIsLessEq(a, b frontend.Variable)

AssertIsLessEq defines a set of constraints that can be satisfied only if a <= b.

func (BoundedComparator) IsLess

IsLess returns 1 if a < b, and returns 0 if a >= b.

Example
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"math/big"

	"github.com/consensys/gnark-crypto/ecc"
	"github.com/consensys/gnark/backend/groth16"
	"github.com/consensys/gnark/frontend"
	"github.com/consensys/gnark/frontend/cs/r1cs"
	"github.com/consensys/gnark/std/math/cmp"
)

// sortCheckerCircuit is a circuit that uses BoundedComparator.IsLess method to
// verify that an input array is sorted. We assume that the input array contains
// 16bit unsigned integers. If the input array is sorted and is ascending,
// SortingErrors will be zero, otherwise it will be nonzero and equal to the
// number of adjacent non-ascending pairs.
type sortCheckerCircuit struct {
	UInt16Array   [10]frontend.Variable
	SortingErrors frontend.Variable
}

// Define defines the arithmetic circuit.
func (c *sortCheckerCircuit) Define(api frontend.API) error {
	// constructing a 16bit comparator,
	// the maximum possible difference between 16bit numbers is 2^16-1.
	cmp16bit := cmp.NewBoundedComparator(api, big.NewInt(1<<16-1), false)
	res := frontend.Variable(0)
	for i := 0; i < len(c.UInt16Array)-1; i++ {
		res = api.Add(res, cmp16bit.IsLess(c.UInt16Array[i+1], c.UInt16Array[i]))
	}
	api.AssertIsEqual(res, c.SortingErrors)
	return nil
}

func main() {
	circuit := sortCheckerCircuit{}
	witness := sortCheckerCircuit{
		UInt16Array:   [10]frontend.Variable{0, 11, 22, 22, 33, 44, 55, 66, 77, 65535},
		SortingErrors: 0, // is zero when UInt16Array is sorted and ascending.
	}
	ccs, err := frontend.Compile(ecc.BN254.ScalarField(), r1cs.NewBuilder, &circuit)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	pk, vk, err := groth16.Setup(ccs)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	secretWitness, err := frontend.NewWitness(&witness, ecc.BN254.ScalarField())
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	publicWitness, err := secretWitness.Public()
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	proof, err := groth16.Prove(ccs, pk, secretWitness)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	err = groth16.Verify(proof, vk, publicWitness)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Println("done")
}
Output:

done

func (BoundedComparator) IsLessEq

IsLessEq returns 1 if a <= b, and returns 0 if a > b.

func (BoundedComparator) Min

Min returns the minimum of a and b.

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