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Quantum Computer Factors the Number 15
- tocomment 17y agoI thought they had been doing 15 for a while. I wish all news articles about quantum computing progress would report this metric.
- zandorg 17y agoIt says it'll only halve the key length (eg, from 256 down to 128). I think the most promising factoring algorithm would involve finding a halfway point repeatedly so it would complete in about 256 steps, but I have no idea how to find that solution.