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diff --git a/modarith.h b/modarith.h
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--- a/modarith.h
+++ b/modarith.h
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ CRYPTOPP_DLL_TEMPLATE_CLASS AbstractGroup<Integer>;
CRYPTOPP_DLL_TEMPLATE_CLASS AbstractRing<Integer>;
CRYPTOPP_DLL_TEMPLATE_CLASS AbstractEuclideanDomain<Integer>;
-//! .
+//! ring of congruence classes modulo n
+/*! \note this implementation represents each congruence class as the smallest non-negative integer in that class */
class CRYPTOPP_DLL ModularArithmetic : public AbstractRing<Integer>
{
public:
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ protected:
// const ModularArithmetic::RandomizationParameter ModularArithmetic::DefaultRandomizationParameter = 0 ;
//! do modular arithmetics in Montgomery representation for increased speed
+/*! \note the Montgomery representation represents each congruence class [a] as a*r%n, where r is a convenient power of 2 */
class CRYPTOPP_DLL MontgomeryRepresentation : public ModularArithmetic
{
public: