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Peter Shor
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I'm a professor in the Mathematics Dept. at M.I.T. I mostly work on quantum computation, quantum information, and quantum complexity, but I am also interested in other areas of theoretical computer science and mathematics.

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What to do when you notice that a value in your paper is wrong, once it is accepted but before it is published?
Jun 12, 2017
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How do I handle a colleague's gender change when citing their paper?
Jul 9, 2017
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Grading by assigning points to exercises
Jun 24, 2017
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What tense to use when writing a thesis?
Jul 4, 2017
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What date goes on your hardbound PhD thesis?
May 22, 2014
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How critical is TA experience in grad school if I want to pursue a career in academia?
Jan 31, 2017
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How does the college course 101 numbering system work?
Apr 27, 2018
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I think I may have violated academic integrity last year - what should I do?
May 27, 2019
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Should I include salary information on my CV?
Jun 21, 2019
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What to do if I found out the preprint paper missed a citation of others' work?
Aug 3, 2018
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Where were "should", "shall", and "must" in the 18th Century?
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Was the reduction in Shor's algorithm originally discovered by Shor?
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Why are 'student' and 'suspend' not pronounced as written?
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Can “whose” refer to an inanimate object?
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Why is there no "autumntime" or "falltime"?

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