Breaking RSA Encryption with a Quantum Computer: Shor's Factoring Algorithm
Speaker: Dr Colin Wilmott (UCD)
Time: 4:00PM
Date: Wed 6th December 2006
Location: Mathematical Sciences Teaching Room
Abstract
Arguably the most spectacular breakthrough in quantum computation was achieved when Shor presented a quantum algorithm for factoring an n-bit integer. This is a task which is believed to be intractable on a classical computer. I will discuss the means by which Shor's algorithm provides an expontential speed-up over the best known classical algorithm for factoring.
This is a joint Number Theory/Claude Shannon Institute seminar.
(This talk is part of the K-Theory, Quadratic Forms and Number Theory series.)
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