In this article we cover the canonical problem formulation necessary to program the D-Wave quantum processing unit (QPU) and discuss how such a problem is compiled onto the QPU. We also cover recent joint work solving a problem from topological data analysis on the D-Wave quantum computer. The goal of the article is to cover the above from a mathematical viewpoint accessible to a wide range of levels to introduce people to a (small) portion of the mathematics encountered in this industry.
@article{arxiv.1812.00062,
title = {The Mathematics of Quantum-Enabled Applications on the D-Wave Quantum Computer},
author = {Jesse J. Berwald},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.00062},
year = {2018}
}