pith. sign in

arxiv: 1301.7007 · v1 · pith:AXSMAB35new · submitted 2013-01-29 · 🪐 quant-ph

Pretending to factor large numbers on a quantum computer

classification 🪐 quant-ph
keywords algorithmshorfactorfactoringquantumcomputerlargenumbers
0
0 comments X
read the original abstract

Shor's algorithm for factoring in polynomial time on a quantum computer\cite{Shor} gives an enormous advantage over all known classical factoring algorithm. We demonstrate how to factor products of large prime numbers using a compiled version of Shor's quantum factoring algorithm. Our technique can factor all products of $p,q$ such that $p,q$ are unequal primes greater than two, runs in constant time, and requires only two coherent qubits. This illustrates that the correct measure of difficulty when implementing Shor's algorithm is not the size of number factored, but the length of the period found.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.