Chapter 15: Shor’s Algorithm and Factoring

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Explains the structure of Shor’s algorithm at an undergraduate-accessible level: reducing factoring to period finding, using phase estimation, and understanding the implications for cryptography. The emphasis is on conceptual correctness rather than hiding the hard parts.

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