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Prime Numbers (was: Big Quantum computer designed at UW Madison)
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Thu, 8 Aug 2002 16:09:56 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Erik Olson writes:
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> With a quantum computer of this size, the challenges will be programming it
> and reading the results. I'm not too clear on what the programs are expected
> to do.
> It's often supposed that a quantum multiplier could simultaneously find all
> factors of a really big number or solve NP-hard problems. One imagines the
> rate of new prime number discovery accelerating.
Speaking of prime numbers..., does anyone know if there is a special name
for number whose two factors are each prime numbers? For instance, 3 and 17
are prime, an their product is 51. Is there a special term for the number
51, since the only way you can get it by multipying is by multiplying primes?
Maybe call it a second-order prime?
Curious,
--Electro--
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