komponisto comments on Request For Article: Many-Worlds Quantum Computing - Less Wrong

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Comment author: komponisto 20 November 2009 10:05:11PM 1 point [-]

Peter Shor's critical insight in the quantum-factoring algorithm had something to do with the circularity of something to do with factors (I don't know the details).

See here (and linked pages).