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From: martin@datamodl.demon.co.uk (Martin Hargreaves)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: need secure OS to entrust millions to
Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 19:45:31 GMT
Organization: Datamodel Ltd
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dunham@gdl.msu.edu (Steve Dunham) wrote:
>In 'Algotithms for Quantum Computation: Discrete Log and Factoring' by
>Peter Shor of AT&T Bell Labs (1994), the author details a
>polynomial-time algorithm that factors numbers into primes. The
>catch? The algorithm runs on a quantum mechanical touring machine,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Now _that_ would be a cool way to get to work.
>which on convential computers takes exponential time to emulate.
>Physicists are still trying to figure out if and how such a device can
>be built.
Can I put my order in now, just in case?
:-)
M.
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