Peter W. Shor
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Peter W. Shor is an American mathematician and computer scientist best known for devising Shor's algorithm, a groundbreaking quantum algorithm for factoring large integers that has major implications for cryptography.
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17385711 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peter W. Shor Context triple: [Charles H. Bennett, coAuthorWith, Peter W. Shor]
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Ronald L. Rivest
Ronald L. Rivest is an American cryptographer and computer scientist best known as one of the co-inventors of the RSA public-key cryptosystem and a pioneer in modern cryptography.
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Charles H. Bennett
Charles H. Bennett is an American physicist and information theorist known as a founder of quantum information science, particularly for his work on quantum cryptography and the thermodynamics of information.
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C.
Richard Jozsa
Richard Jozsa is a theoretical physicist and mathematician known for his pioneering contributions to quantum information theory and quantum computation.
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D.
Umesh Vazirani
Umesh Vazirani is a prominent computer scientist known for his foundational contributions to quantum computing and quantum complexity theory.
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E.
Andrew Yao
Andrew Yao is a Chinese-American computer scientist renowned for his foundational contributions to computational complexity theory and as a recipient of the Turing Award.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peter W. Shor Target entity description: Peter W. Shor is an American mathematician and computer scientist best known for devising Shor's algorithm, a groundbreaking quantum algorithm for factoring large integers that has major implications for cryptography.
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A.
Ronald L. Rivest
Ronald L. Rivest is an American cryptographer and computer scientist best known as one of the co-inventors of the RSA public-key cryptosystem and a pioneer in modern cryptography.
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B.
Charles H. Bennett
Charles H. Bennett is an American physicist and information theorist known as a founder of quantum information science, particularly for his work on quantum cryptography and the thermodynamics of information.
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C.
Richard Jozsa
Richard Jozsa is a theoretical physicist and mathematician known for his pioneering contributions to quantum information theory and quantum computation.
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D.
Umesh Vazirani
Umesh Vazirani is a prominent computer scientist known for his foundational contributions to quantum computing and quantum complexity theory.
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E.
Andrew Yao
Andrew Yao is a Chinese-American computer scientist renowned for his foundational contributions to computational complexity theory and as a recipient of the Turing Award.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Charles Henry Bennett