Peter Shor
(1959-)
Computer scientist who discovered Shor's algorithm
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Peter Williston Shor (born August 14, 1959) is an American professor of applied mathematics at MIT. He is known 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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14 August 1959 (age 66) New York City, New York, U.S._|_New York City, New York, U.S.
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