- Cryptography involves using matrices and tensors to encrypt and decrypt data.
- Shor's algorithm is a quantum algorithm that can factorize integers into prime factors exponentially faster than classical algorithms. It involves using the quantum Fourier transform to find periodicity.
- Factoring an integer N involves finding its prime factors p and q such that N = p*q. Shor's algorithm reformulates this using exponential functions to find an even period that reveals the factors.