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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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Meaning of "the field was found to be plowed as thoroughly as any young man at Oxford" in 'The Book of Dragons'
Nov 14, 2023
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Accented è in Blake's "The little ones leapèd, and shoutèd, and laugh'd / And all the hills echoèd."
May 1, 2022
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Who was the "Dutch author", "Bumstone Bumstone"?
Aug 28, 2024
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Why does the fourth stanza of Brian Bilston's "Pedant's" not rhyme?
Oct 4, 2025
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What is the pun in Kipling's poem "The Three-Decker"?
Feb 20, 2018
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Why is free verse not prose?
Dec 13, 2025
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Detective novel: “1.5 gallons of blood doesn’t sound like a lot to most people. Pour 1.5 gallons of milk on your kitchen floor and get back to me.”
Oct 13, 2022
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Meaning of "The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed" in "Ozymandias"
Jun 16, 2018
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Why did the alexandrine become the "natural" metre for French verse drama, whereas English renaissance drama adopted the iambic pentameter?
Jan 12, 2018
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In Ozymandias, who is the "ye" in the line "Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" meant to be addressing?
Jan 8, 2023

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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?