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Continuous improvements in quantum computing hardware are exposing the need for simultaneous advances in software. Large-scale implementation of quantum algorithms requires rapid and automated compilation routines such as circuit synthesis…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-18 David Ittah , Jackson Fraser , Josh Izaac , Olivia Di Matteo

Shor's factoring algorithm uses two quantum registers. By introducing more registers we show that the measured numbers in these registers which are of the same pre-measurement state, should be equal if the original Shor's complexity…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-09-26 Zhengjun Cao , Zhenfu Cao

We construct simplified quantum circuits for Shor's order-finding algorithm for composites N given by products of the Fermat primes 3, 5, 17, 257, and 65537. Such composites, including the previously studied case of 15, as well as 51, 85,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-09-17 Michael R. Geller , Zhongyuan Zhou

The largest number factored on a quantum device reported until now was 143. That quantum computation, which used only 4 qubits at 300K, actually also factored much larger numbers such as 3599, 11663, and 56153, without the awareness of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-12-01 Nikesh S. Dattani , Nathaniel Bryans

The intermediate quantum states of multiple qubits, generated during the operation of Shor's factoring algorithm are analyzed. Their entanglement is evaluated using the Groverian measure. It is found that the entanglement is generated…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Yishai Shimoni , Daniel Shapira , Ofer Biham

We describe an implementation of Shor's quantum algorithm to factor n-bit integers using only 2n+2 qubits. In contrast to previous space-optimized implementations, ours features a purely Toffoli based modular multiplication circuit. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-06-02 Thomas Häner , Martin Roetteler , Krysta M. Svore

We propose an adiabatic quantum algorithm capable of factorizing numbers, using fewer qubits than Shor's algorithm. We implement the algorithm in an NMR quantum information processor and experimentally factorize the number 21. Numerical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Xinhua Peng , Zeyang Liao , Nanyang Xu , Gan Qin , Xianyi Zhou , Dieter Suter , Jiangfeng Du

We present a distributed implementation of Shor's quantum factoring algorithm on a distributed quantum network model. This model provides a means for small capacity quantum computers to work together in such a way as to simulate a large…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Anocha Yimsiriwattana , Samuel J. Lomonaco

Shor's algorithm is one of the most promising applications of quantum computers. However, since $\sim 10^6$ physical qubits are believed to be required for established approaches, the algorithm will need to be distributed across many…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-06 Tian Xue , Jacob P. Covey

Shor's factorisation algorithm is a combination of classical pre- and post-processing and a quantum period finding (QPF) subroutine which allows an exponential speed up over classical factoring algorithms. We consider the stability of this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-09-29 Simon J. Devitt , Austin G. Fowler , Lloyd C. L. Hollenberg

We give algorithms to factorize large integers in the duality computer. We provide three duality algorithms for factorization based on a naive factorization method, the Shor algorithm in quantum computing, and the Fermat's method in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Wan-Ying Wang , Bin Shang , Chuan Wang , Gui Lu Long

A major obstacle to implementing Shor's quantum number-factoring algorithm is the large size of modular-exponentiation circuits. We reduce this bottleneck by customizing reversible circuits for modular multiplication to individual runs of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-01-16 Igor L. Markov , Mehdi Saeedi

This work is a tutorial on Shor's factoring algorithm by means of a worked out example. Some basic concepts of Quantum Mechanics and quantum circuits are reviewed. It is intended for non-specialists which have basic knowledge on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. Lavor , L. R. U. Manssur , R. Portugal

The execution cost of quantum algorithms is typically quantified through asymptotic gate counts and qubit register sizes, yet these metrics do not directly capture which genuinely quantum resources, and in what amount, must be created and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-08 Alessio Paviglianiti , Matteo Seclì , Emanuele Tirrito , Vincenzo Savona

These are pedagogical notes on Shor's factoring algorithm, which is a quantum algorithm for factoring very large numbers (of order of hundreds to thousands of bits) in polynomial time. In contrast, all known classical algorithms for the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-19 Robert L Singleton

Prime factorization on quantum processors is typically implemented either via circuit-based approaches such as Shor's algorithm or through Hamiltonian optimization methods based on adiabatic, annealing, or variational techniques. While…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-26 K. B. Hari Krishnan , Vishal Varma , T. S. Mahesh

A common starting point of traditional quantum algorithm design is the notion of a universal quantum computer with a scalable number of qubits. This convenient abstraction mirrors classical computations manipulating finite sets of symbols,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-30 Lukas Brenner , Libor Caha , Xavier Coiteux-Roy , Robert Koenig

This paper presents a computer program, written in Maple, that allows a user to simulate certain aspects of Shor's quantum factoring algorithm on a desktop or laptop computer. The program does not simulate the unitary operations carried out…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. F. Schneiderman , M. E. Stanley , P. K. Aravind

Shor's algorithm is one of the most important quantum algorithm proposed by Peter Shor [Proceedings of the 35th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, 1994, pp. 124--134]. Shor's algorithm can factor a large integer with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-07-14 Ligang Xiao , Daowen Qiu , Le Luo , Paulo Mateus

Recently, Cai showed that Shor's quantum factoring algorithm fails to factor large integers when the algorithm's quantum Fourier transform (QFT) is corrupted by a vanishing level of random noise on the QFT's precise controlled rotation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-16 Jin-Yi Cai , Ben Young