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Treating the Independent Set Problem by 2D Ising Interactions with Adiabatic Quantum Computing

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We construct a nearest-neighbor Hamiltonian whose ground states encode the solutions to the NP-complete problem INDEPENDENT SET in cubic planar graphs. The Hamiltonian can be easily simulated by Ising interactions between adjacent particles on a 2D rectangular lattice. We describe the required pulse sequences. Our methods could help to implement adiabatic quantum computing by physically reasonable Hamiltonians like short-range interactions.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0302027,
  title  = {Treating the Independent Set Problem by 2D Ising Interactions with Adiabatic Quantum Computing},
  author = {Pawel Wocjan and Dominik Janzing and Thomas Beth},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0302027},
  year   = {2007}
}

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13 pages, 3 figures