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quant-ph2017★ 768 cited
From the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm to a Quantum Alternating Operator Ansatz
Stuart Hadfield, Zhihui Wang, Bryan O'Gorman +3
The next few years will be exciting as prototype universal quantum processors emerge, enabling implementation of a wider variety of algorithms. Of particular interest are quantum h…
quant-ph2017★ 360 cited
Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm for MaxCut: A Fermionic View
Zhihui Wang, Stuart Hadfield, Zhang Jiang +1
Farhi et al. recently proposed a class of quantum algorithms, the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA), for approximately solving combinatorial optimization problems.…