Topic: Quantum Computer. (Read 4446 times)

procedure shor(int number) {
  int width=ceil(log(number,2));   // size of number in bits
  qureg reg1[2*width];             // first register
  qureg reg2[width];               // second register
  int qmax=2^width;
  int factor;                      // found factor
  int m; real c;                   // measured value
  int x;                           // base of exponentiation
  int p; int q;                    // rational approximation p/q
  int a; int b;                    // possible factors of number
  int e;                           // e=x^(q/2) mod number

  if number mod 2 == 0 { exit "number must be odd"; }
  if testprime(number) { exit "prime number"; }
  if testprimepower(number) { exit "prime power"; };

  {
    {                              // generate random base
      x=floor(random()*(number-3))+2;
    } until gcd(x,number)==1;
    print "chosen random x =",x;
    Mix(reg1);                     // Hadamard transform
    expn(x,number,reg1,reg2);      // modular exponentiation
    measure reg2;                  // measure 2nd register
    dft(reg1);                     // Fourier transform
    measure reg1,m;                // measure 1st register
    reset;                         // clear local registers

    if m==0 {                      // failed if measured 0
      print "measured zero in 1st register. trying again ...";
    } else {
      c=m*0.5^(2*width);           // fixed point form of m
      q=denominator(c,qmax);       // find rational approximation
      p=floor(q*m*c+0.5);
      print "measured",m,", approximation for",c,"is",p,"/",q;
      if q mod 2==1 and 2*q        print "odd denominator, expanding by 2";
        p=2*p; q=2*q;
      }
      if q mod 2==1 {              // failed if odd q
        print "odd period. trying again ...";
      } else {
        print "possible period is",q;
        e=powmod(x,q/2,number);    // calculate candidates for
        a=(e+1) mod number;        // possible common factors
        b=(e+number-1) mod number; // with number
        print x,"^",q/2,"+ 1 mod",number,"=",a,",",
              x,"^",q/2,"- 1 mod",number,"=",b;
        factor=max(gcd(number,a),gcd(number,b));
      }
    }
  } until factor>1 and factor  print number,"=",factor,"*",number/factor;
}