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maqp2 t1_j1to9oc wrote on December 27, 2022 at 8:30 AM

Reply to comment by ColdRest7902 in An IBM Quantum Computer Will Soon Pass the 1,000-Qubit Mark by giuliomagnifico

Not to nitpick but the factors of a prime number are already known, e.g. the factors of 13 are 13 and 1. What you're usually factoring in these cases are semi-primes, that are the product of two prime numbers.