Dan 🌈<p>Replication of Quantum Factorisation Records with an 8-bit Home Computer, an Abacus, and a Dog</p><p><a href="https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/1237.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">eprint.iacr.org/2025/1237.pdf</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>> This paper presents implementations that match and, where possible, exceed current quantum factorisation records using a VIC-20 8-bit home computer from 1981, an abacus, and a dog. We hope that this work will inspire future efforts to match any further quantum factorisation records, should they arise.</p><p>PDF includes such gems as « We use the UK form “factorise” here in place of the US variants “factorize” or “factor” in order to avoid the 40% tariff on the US term" » and « This process wasn’t as simple as it first appeared because Scribble is very well behaved and almost never barks. »</p><p>If you're even mildly interested in maths, this is a fun and accessible read. 😄 </p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/QuantumComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumComputing</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>encryption</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/maths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maths</span></a></p>