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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42	What do you call a person who is regionally biased?
37	Does “salt mines” have any specific meaning?
32	Why does “corn” mean “maize” in American English?
30	What is the translation of the French word “erre”?
25	Proverb or expression for a situation with two choices, both leading to a different kind of trouble

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+10	Is there a plural of “metropolis”, not “metropolises”, that would sound better in a less formal register?
+10	How do you form the 'north' and 'south' versions of 'occident' and 'orient'?
+10	What does “brought up by hand” mean?
+10	Direct to Reported Speech - a scenario of ambiguity

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93	Where were “should”, “shall”, and “must” in the 18th Century?
7	Where does the phrase “get a bye” come from?

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