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Quantum Expert Insight: Peter Shor

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What it is

Peter Shor tells the story of how he discovered Shor's Algorithm, from his early mathematics days to the quantum factoring breakthrough. It was recorded at MIT at the Physics of Computation conference.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as an oral history of the algorithm straight from its inventor.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “Shor (yes the one who invented Shor's Algorithm) gave a create 30 min presentation here”

    Shor gives oral history of his algorithm and error correcting codes.

    freemint, 2021-07 · Recommendation · in “Google tries out error correction on its quantum processor”

  2. “There's a video featuring Peter Shor about the invention of this algorithm”

    Peter Shor discusses invention of the algorithm.

    FartyMcFarter, 2022-07 · Recommendation · in “Shor, I’ll do it (2007)”

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Topics: peter shor, quantum computing, factoring, error correction, quantum algorithms

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