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Lov Grover is a computer scientist known for his work in quantum computing and algorithms. He is best known for developing Grover's algorithm, which is a quantum algorithm that provides a significant speedup for searching unsorted databases. Specifically, Grover's algorithm can search an unsorted database of \( N \) items in approximately \( \sqrt{N} \) time, compared to classical algorithms, which require \( O(N) \) time to search through the same database.

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