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Peter Williston Shor ( born August 14, 1959 ) is an American professor of applied mathematics at MIT, most famous for his work on quantum computation, in particular for devising Shor's algorithm, a quantum algorithm for factoring exponentially faster than the best currently-known algorithm running on a classical computer.
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For a quantum computer, however, Peter Shor discovered an algorithm in 1994 that solves it in polynomial time.
* Charles H. Bennett and Peter W. Shor, " Quantum Information Theory ," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol 44, pp 2724 – 2742, Oct 1998
Shor's algorithm, named after mathematician Peter Shor, is a quantum algorithm ( an algorithm which runs on a quantum computer ) for integer factorization formulated in 1994.
** Peter Shor and Andrew Steane simultaneously proposed the first schemes for quantum error correction.
* MacArthur Fellows Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Erik Demaine, Daniela L. Rus, Peter Shor and Richard Stallman
* Gödel Prize Recipients Shafi Goldwasser ( two-time recipient ), Silvio Micali, Charles Rackoff, Johan Håstad, Peter Shor, and Madhu Sudan
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Records from the early 19th century survive to this day describing the distinct dialect that had surfaced in the colonies since first settlement in 1788, with Peter Miller Cunningham's 1827 book Two Years in New South Wales, describing the distinctive accent and vocabulary of the native born colonists, different from that of their parents and with a strong London influence.
The success of the ensemble was emulated by other regional conductors, and a rich tradition of a cappella choral music was born in the region at colleges like Concordia College ( Moorhead, Minnesota ), Augustana College ( Rock Island, Illinois ), Wartburg College ( Waverly, Iowa ), Luther College ( Decorah, Iowa ), Gustavus Adolphus College ( St. Peter, Minnesota ), Augustana College ( Sioux Falls, South Dakota ), and Augsburg College ( Minneapolis, Minnesota ).
* Two poets, Johann Peter Uz ( 1720 – 1796 ) and August von Platen-Hallermünde ( 1790 – 1835 ), were also born there.
This is when he met his first girlfriend Christina Grönvall, with whom he had two children: Peter ( born 1963 ) and Helen ( born 1965 ).
His mother, Abiah Folger, was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, on August 15, 1667, to Peter Folger, a miller and schoolteacher and his wife Mary Morrill, a former indentured servant.
Guest was born in New York City, the son of Peter Haden-Guest, a British United Nations diplomat who later became The 4th Baron Haden-Guest, and his second wife, Jean Pauline Hindes, a former vice president of casting at CBS.
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Edvard had an elder sister, Johanne Sophie ( born 1862 ), and three younger siblings: Peter Andreas ( born 1865 ), Laura Catherine ( born 1867 ), and Inger Marie ( born 1868 ).
Sullivan was born in New York City, New York, the son of Elizabeth F. ( née Smith ) and Peter Arthur Sullivan, a customs house employee.
Eve Arden was born Eunice M. Quedens ( pronounced qwi-DENZ ) in Mill Valley, California, to Lucille and Charles Peter Quedens.
Notable persons born at the naval base include actor Peter Bergman and American guitarist Isaac Guillory.
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