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56153 is the largest number factored on a quantum device (2014)
- ColinWright 11y agoEspecially impressive, given that 56153 is not prime ... (you might want to fix the title)
- jordz 11y agoI'm sorry, I had to chuckle at this comment.
- aexaey 11y agoWell, you kind of need a number to not be a prime to successfully factor it (into anything other than 1 and itself).
- ColinWright 11y agoIndeed. So why does the title here (and not on the original article) describe the number as prime, when the whole point is that it is not prime, and cannot be prime. Hence my comment that the submitter might want to change the title.
- brechmos 11y agoAdmittedly I was so confused by the title. Factoring a prime number seems, well, kind of easy.
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