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       

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