Institute for Quantum Sciences Seminar Series Location: 4270 Biomedical and Physical Sciences Bldg., MSU Date(s): Wednesdays, 5:30pm 16 October 2002, 23 October 2002, 30 October 2002, 20 November 2002, 27 November 2002, 04 December 2002 Speaker: Peter Yuditskii Visiting Associate Professor MSU Dept of Mathematics Title: Quantum Computation Abstract: Starting from the zero level we are going to discuss two of the most famous quantum algorithms: Grover's quantum search algorithm and the order-finding algorithm (the main ingredient in a solution of the factoring problem).