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Peter Shor
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I'm a professor in the Mathematics Dept. at M.I.T. I mostly work on quantum computation, quantum information, and quantum complexity, but I am also interested in other areas of theoretical computer science and mathematics.

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How (if at all) to handle "does X exist?" type questions?
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Where were "should", "shall", and "must" in the 18th Century?
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Was the reduction in Shor's algorithm originally discovered by Shor?
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Why are 'student' and 'suspend' not pronounced as written?
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What to do when you notice that a value in your paper is wrong, once it is accepted but before it is published?
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Can “whose” refer to an inanimate object?