title: NMR experiment factors numbers with Gauss sums.
abstract: We factor the number 157573 using an NMR implementation of Gauss sums. Although the current implementation is classical and scales exponentially, we believe that an extension to the quantum regime using entangled states is possible.
authors.affiliation: Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, D-70550 Stuttgart, Germany.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mehring
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Ilya Sh
authors.initials: ISh
authors.lastname: Averbukh
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Merkel
authors.forename: Wolfgang P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Schleich