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20152026
most citedFrom the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm to a Quantum Alternating Operator Ansatz

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39 papers

q-bio.NC2026

Connectome-Based Modeling of Mutation-Specific Amyloid- Aggregation in Familial Alzheimer's Disease

Mohammad Alamgir Chowdhury, Hina Shaheen

Familial amyloid- (A) variants alter aggregation kinetics, but their interaction with structural brain connectivity remains incompletely understood. We developed a mutation-a…

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Complexity Barriers to State Preparation in Quantum Approximate Optimization

Stuart Hadfield

For many important optimization problems we are restricted to approximate solutions in practice due to computational complexity. Distinct from the exact optimization setting, appro…

quant-ph2026

Complexity Amplification from Compression in Quantum Random Access Optimization

Stuart Hadfield

Compressed quantum encodings aim to overcome hardware limitations towards tackling challenging problems at scale, with many classical variables mapped onto noncommuting observables…

quant-ph2026

No Free Compression in Quantum Relaxations for Optimization

Stuart Hadfield

Qubit-efficient quantum relaxations compress classical decision variables into expectation values on substantially fewer qubits. We ask what resource tradeoffs this compression ent…

quant-ph2026

Separating Geometry From Interference in Constrained Quantum Optimization

Chinonso Onah, Stuart Hadfield, Kristel Michielsen

We study the separation of geometric effects from quantum interference in quantum optimization algorithms. Constrained optimization problems such as routing, assignment, and schedu…

quant-ph2026

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions

Stuart Hadfield

Evaluating expectation values is a critical task for variational quantum eigensolvers, parameterized quantum circuits, and many other quantum algorithms. We consider the well-studi…