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Peter Shor

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Gender Male
Age 65
Date of birth August 14,1959
Zodiac sign Leo
Born New York
United States
Academic advisor Frank Thomson Leighton
Job Mathematician
Computer scientist
Education California Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tamalpais High School
Awards Gödel Prize
MacArthur Fellowship
Nevanlinna Prize
IMU Abacus Medal
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
FieldComputer science, applied mathematics
Doctor advisor Tom Leighton
Thesibin packing
Known forShor's algorithm
Notable studentMohsen Bahramgiri
Alan Wing Leung
NationalityAmerican
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Peter Williston Shor is an American professor of applied mathematics at MIT. He is 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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