If someone refers to the "standard" algorithm for factoring on quantum computers, they're talking about Shor's algorithm. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shors_al

If someone refers to the "standard" algorithm for factoring on quantum computers, they're talking about Shor's algorithm. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shors_algorithm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shors_algorithm (Also, remember that factoring is not (known to be) NP-complete.)