The cr.yp.to microblog: 2014.10.15 16:04:55

2014.10.15 16:04:55 (522387646669398016) from Daniel J. Bernstein, replying to "Paulo Barreto (@pbarreto)" (522009655330209792):

@pbarreto The paper "remarks" that the operator U is invoked A times on input A. That's utter nonsense. U never sees separate input states.

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2014.10.14 02:03:28 (521813501225238529) from "Paulo Barreto (@pbarreto)":

Are all quantum factoring demonstrations up to now flawed? http://eprint.iacr.org/2014/828

2014.10.14 10:34:51 (521942195264561152) from Daniel J. Bernstein, replying to "Paulo Barreto (@pbarreto)" (521813501225238529):

Large-scale Shor computers: Huge engineering challenge? Yes. "Flawed" algorithm? No. http://eprint.iacr.org/2014/828 is sophomoric garbage. @pbarreto

2014.10.14 15:02:54 (522009655330209792) from "Paulo Barreto (@pbarreto)":

@hashbreaker I thought as much, but what about their qubit count argument?