[LUGSB] Next LUGSB Meeting: Quantum Computing

[Jonathan Dahan]

thanks for the stream and VOD!

next week: setting up an irc tts bot so remoters can interact/troll :)

- Jonathan

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 11:46 PM, Matthew Gruen <wikigracenotes at gmail.com>wrote:

> Something I realized after the fact.
>
> Why Shor's algorithm didn't work on 27: I forgot, it doesn't work on
> powers of primes. Otherwise, the Chinese remainder theorem doesn't
> apply, and some important number theoretic properties are lost. One of
> the first checks to do is to take square, cube, etc. roots of n to
> ensure it isn't a perfect power. 27 is 3**3, and so it always fails.
>
> Also, when justin.tv wasn't acting up, there's a good hour and fifteen
> minutes of video of today's meeting at
> http://www.justin.tv/lugsb/videos (the "QC" and "Quantum Computing"
> videos)
>
> Matt
>
> On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 8:55 AM, Matthew Gruen <wikigracenotes at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > During today's LUGSB meeting, October 3, I'll be talking about some
> > basic concepts in quantum computing, a summary of Shor's algorithm,
> > and then maybe some discussion on the future of quantum computing. No
> > previous knowledge of group theory or Fourier analysis required. Come
> > and learn how you can be the future and run quantum algorithms on
> > *your* computer! (spoiler: libquantum)
> >
> > As usual, we will meet at 7:00pm in CS 2311. There will be cookies,
> > soda, and (if all goes according to plan) live streaming on
> > <http://justin.tv/lugsb>.
> >
> > See you there,
> > Matt
> >
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