factorization
noun
fac·tor·i·za·tion
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: the operation of resolving a quantity into factors
also
: a product obtained by factorization
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The new research shows that an algorithm using quantum Fourier transforms can perform this factorization efficiently.
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Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
The Quantum Threat Conventional cryptographic protocols such as RSA, ECC and Diffie-Hellman rely on the computational difficulty of mathematical problems like integer factorization and discrete logarithms to provide security.
—Dino Dimarino, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Less obvious is what also has been demonstrated—that quantum computers can offer dramatic gains in solving some kinds of non–quantum mechanical problems, such as factorization.
—Charina Chou, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
In 1994, the mathematician Peter Shor discovered a way for quantum computers to efficiently reverse the trapdoor functions that underlie most current public key cryptography systems, including prime factorization.
—John Pavlus, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2024
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Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
The Quantum Threat Conventional cryptographic protocols such as RSA, ECC and Diffie-Hellman rely on the computational difficulty of mathematical problems like integer factorization and discrete logarithms to provide security.
—Dino Dimarino, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Less obvious is what also has been demonstrated—that quantum computers can offer dramatic gains in solving some kinds of non–quantum mechanical problems, such as factorization.
—Charina Chou, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
In 1994, the mathematician Peter Shor discovered a way for quantum computers to efficiently reverse the trapdoor functions that underlie most current public key cryptography systems, including prime factorization.
—John Pavlus, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2024
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factorization
noun
fac·tor·i·za·tion
ËŒfak-tÉ™-rÉ™-ˈzÄ-shÉ™n
: the act or process or an instance or result of factoring
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