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Many old, hard problems are still hard even on quantum computers (SAT, TSP, etc. cannot be solved in polynomial time on quantum computers). Factoring can be done in polynomial time on quantum computers. FFT can be made even faster. But again, some classic, hard problems still stand. So don't worry, quantum computers are not magic solutions to all hard problems, just some.



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