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Fast quantum algorithms for computing the unit group and class group of a number field

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Fast quantum algorithms for computing the unit group and class group of a number field
Computing the unit group and class group of a number field are two of the main tasks in computational algebraic number theory. Factoring integers reduces to solving Pell's equation, which is a special case of computing the unit group, but a reduction in the other direction is not known and appears more difficult. We give polynomial-time quantum algorithms for computing the unit group and class group when the number field has constant degree.
Sean Hallgren
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Type Conference
Year 2005
Where STOC
Authors Sean Hallgren
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