C# ModInverse Function

Question

Is there a built in function that would allow me to calculate the modular inverse of a(mod n)? e.g. 19^-1 = 11 (mod 30), in this case the 19^-1 == -11==19;

Answer 1

Here is a slightly more polished version of Samuel Allan's algorithm. The TryModInverse method returns a bool value, that indicates whether a modular multiplicative inverse exists for this number and modulo.

public static bool TryModInverse(int number, int modulo, out int result)
{
    if (number < 1) throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(number));
    if (modulo < 2) throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(modulo));
    int n = number;
    int m = modulo, v = 0, d = 1;
    while (n > 0)
    {
        int t = m / n, x = n;
        n = m % x;
        m = x;
        x = d;
        d = checked(v - t * x); // Just in case
        v = x;
    }
    result = v % modulo;
    if (result < 0) result += modulo;
    if ((long)number * result % modulo == 1L) return true;
    result = default;
    return false;
}