* Replace ATE_LOOP_COUNT by its 2-NAF

* Add constant references

* Apply suggestions from code review

Co-authored-by: Weikeng Chen <w.k@berkeley.edu>

Co-authored-by: Pratyush Mishra <pratyushmishra@berkeley.edu>

* `QUADRATIC_NONRESIDUE` is never used, remove

* Update CHANGELOG.md

* Remove unused imports

Co-authored-by: Sun <huachuang20@gmail.com>

Co-authored-by: Pratyush Mishra <pratyushmishra@berkeley.edu>

Co-authored-by: Pratyush Mishra <pratyushmishra@berkeley.edu>

* Upgrade for algebra/365

* Merge fix

* Fix

* Simplify the field and curve tests using macros

* minor

* remove redundant code

Co-authored-by: weikeng <w.k@berkeley.edu>

* Fixed benchmarking compile error

* Updated CHANGELOG

* patch `algebra-test-templates` due to breaking changes since the last release

Co-authored-by: Marcin Górny <marcin.gorny.94@protonmail.com>

Co-authored-by: Pratyush Mishra <pratyushmishra@berkeley.edu>

Co-authored-by: Pratyush Mishra <pratyushmishra@berkeley.edu>

* implementation of the fast subgroup check for bls12_381

* add a bench

* subgroup check for g1

* subgroup check modifications

* remove useless test

* fmt

* need the last version of arkworks/algebra

* remove Parameters0

* using projective points is more efficient

* use of projective coordinates in G2

* fmt

* documentation on the constants and the psi function

* references for algorithms of eprint 2021/1130

* fmt

* sed ^ **

* minor improvement

* fmt

* fix Cargo toml

* nits

* some cleanup for g1

* add the beta test back

* fmt

* g2

* changelog

* add a  note on the Cargo.toml

* nits

* avoid variable name conflicts

* add the early-out optimization

Co-authored-by: weikeng <w.k@berkeley.edu>

Pratyush noticed a comment regarding COEFF_A has not been updated. This PR fixes so.

* impl bandersnatch

* clean up

* update changelog

* Relocate the readme so they show up in the doc

* Delete README.md

* Relocate the changelog entry

* rename & fmt

Co-authored-by: Weikeng Chen <w.k@berkeley.edu>

* fixes repository in cargo files

* lint fixes

* release

* update CHANGELOG.md

* Fix Bls12-377 scalar group generator

Previously we used 11 as a generator, which has order (p-1)/35.

Now we use 22, which has the right order.

Fixed the two-adic root of unity in accordance with the new generator.

fixes #47

* add the CHANGE LOG

Co-authored-by: weikeng <w.k@berkeley.edu>

Signed-off-by: Daira Hopwood <daira@jacaranda.org>

Signed-off-by: Daira Hopwood <daira@jacaranda.org>

Co-authored-by: Pratyush Mishra <pratyushmishra@berkeley.edu>

* fix ed-mnt4-753

* update CHANGELOG

* replace rand

* update CHANGELOG

* fmt

* fix

* fix

* Upgrade to test-templates from algebra

* Fix Cargo.toml

* Fix search and replace

* Update

* Fix cargo tomls

Co-authored-by: Ying Tong Lai <yingtong@electriccoin.co>
Co-authored-by: Daira Hopwood <daira@jacaranda.org>
Co-authored-by: Pratyush Mishra <pratyushmishra@berkeley.edu>
Co-authored-by: therealyingtong <yingtong@z.cash>

Co-authored-by: Dev Ojha <ValarDragon@users.noreply.github.com>

* Add issue/PR templates

Co-authored-by: Pratyush Mishra <pratyushmishra@berkeley.edu>