import math import random """ Shor Algorithm is one of the basic quantum computing algorithm that is used in breaking the RSA cryptography protocol, by finding the prime numbers that are used to create the public key value, n In this implementation, I have used a very simple construct without the use of qiskit or cirq to help understand how Shor algorithm's idea actually works. """ class Shor: def period_find(self, num: int, number: int) -> int: """ Find the period of a^x mod N. >>> shor = Shor() >>> shor.period_find(2, 15) 4 >>> shor.period_find(3, 7) 6 """ start:int = 1 while pow(num, start, number) != 1: start += 1 return start def shor_algorithm(self, number:int) -> list[int]: """ Run Shor's algorithm to factor a number. >>> shor = Shor() >>> random.seed(0) >>> factors = shor.shor_algorithm(15) >>> isinstance(factors, tuple) and len(factors) == 2 True >>> factors (3, 5) """ if number%2 == 0: return 2, number//2 while True: random.seed(0) num:int = random.randint(2, number-1) gcd_number_num:int = math.gcd(number, num) if gcd_number_num > 1: return gcd_number_num, number//gcd_number_num result:int = self.period_find(num, number) if not result%2: start:int = pow(num, result//2, number) if start != number-1: p_value:int = math.gcd(start-1, number) q_value:int = math.gcd(start+1, number) if p_value > 1 and q_value > 1: return p_value, q_value shor = Shor() print(shor.shor_algorithm(15))