X-Message-Number: 18209 From: "John Clark" <> Subject: A real Quantum Computer Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 16:33:17 -0500 In today's issue of the journal "Nature" it's reported that a Quantum Computer has factored the number 15. The answer (3 and 5) will surprise few but this is a real Quantum Computer, I've been wondering for a long time when it would happen, it's a milestone, a profoundly new way to make calculations. This proves there has been a lot of advances on the hardware side of things over the last few years, it also proves that Peter Shor's quantum factoring algorithm works in reality not just on paper. John K Clark Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=18209