Peter Shor

Peter Williston Shor is an American theoretical computer scientist known 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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Who was born first?

• Peter Shor and Saul Perlmutter were born the same year
• Peter Shor and Koichi Tanaka were born the same year
• Peter Shor and Takaaki Kajita were born the same year
• Peter Shor and Steven H. Strogatz were born the same year
• Peter Shor and Ameenah Gurib-Fakim were born the same year

Timeline

1. Ameenah Gurib-FakimOctober 17, 1959 – present
2. Koichi TanakaAugust 3, 1959 – present
3. Peter Shor (this page)August 14, 1959 – present
4. Saul PerlmutterSeptember 22, 1959 – present
5. Steven H. StrogatzAugust 13, 1959 – present
6. Takaaki KajitaMarch 9, 1959 – present

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