Peter Shor
Computer Scientist
1959 –
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Who is Peter Shor?
Peter Williston Shor is an American professor of applied mathematics at MIT, most famous for his work on quantum computation, in particular for devising Shor's algorithm, a quantum algorithm for factoring exponentially faster than the best currently-known algorithm running on a classical computer.
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- Born
- Aug 14, 1959
New York City - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- California Institute of Technology
- Employment
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Lived in
- United States of America
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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