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We construct a set of instances of 3SAT which are not solved efficiently using the simplest quantum adiabatic algorithm. These instances are obtained by picking random clauses all consistent with two disparate planted solutions and then…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-03-30 Edward Farhi , Jeffrey Goldstone , David Gosset , Sam Gutmann , Harvey B. Meyer , Peter Shor

In the present study, we demonstrate how to perform, using quantum annealing, the singular value decomposition and the principal component analysis. Quantum annealing gives a way to find a ground state of a system, while the singular value…

The task of estimating the ground state of Hamiltonians is an important problem in physics with numerous applications ranging from solid-state physics to combinatorial optimization. We provide a hybrid quantum-classical algorithm for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-02-28 Kishor Bharti , Tobias Haug

Quantum annealing solves combinatorial optimization problems by finding the energetic ground states of an embedded Hamiltonian. However, quantum annealing dynamics under the embedded Hamiltonian may violate the principles of adiabatic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-08 Erica Grant , Travis Humble

Quantum annealing is a promising algorithm for solving combinatorial optimization problems. It searches for the ground state of the Ising model, which corresponds to the optimal solution of a given combinatorial optimization problem. The…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-02-25 Tomohiro Hattori , Shu Tanaka

Quantum annealing is a heuristic quantum optimization algorithm that can be used to solve combinatorial optimization problems. In recent years, advances in quantum technologies have enabled the development of small- and intermediate-scale…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-05 Sheir Yarkoni , Elena Raponi , Thomas Bäck , Sebastian Schmitt

In the event in which a quantum mechanical particle can pass from an initial state to a final state along two possible paths, the duality principle states that "the simultaneous observation of wave and particle behavior is prohibited". [M.…

I describe how real quantum annealers may be used to perform local (in state space) searches around specified states, rather than the global searches traditionally implemented in the quantum annealing algorithm. Such protocols will have…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-06-26 Nicholas Chancellor

We study the fair sampling properties of hybrid quantum-classical Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithms for combinatorial optimization problems with degenerate ground states. While quantum optimization heuristics such as quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-17 Yuichiro Nakano , Keisuke Fujii

Boltzmann machine is a powerful machine learning model with many real-world applications, for example by constructing deep belief networks. Statistical inference on a Boltzmann machine can be carried out by sampling from its posterior…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-23 Mārtiņš Kālis , Andris Locāns , Rolands Šikovs , Hassan Naseri , Andris Ambainis

Quantum annealers are special-purpose quantum computers that primarily target solving Ising optimization problems. Theoretical work has predicted that the probability of a quantum annealer ending in a ground state can be dramatically…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-11-20 Juan I. Adame , Peter L. McMahon

Structure in quantum entanglement entropy is often leveraged to focus on a small corner of the exponentially large Hilbert space and efficiently parameterize the problem of finding ground states. A typical example is the use of matrix…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-04-17 Bart Olsthoorn

Solving the generalized eigenvalue problem is a useful method for finding energy eigenstates of large quantum systems. It uses projection onto a set of basis states which are typically not orthogonal. One needs to invert a matrix whose…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2023-04-05 Caleb Hicks , Dean Lee

Undersampling the k-space during MR acquisitions saves time, however results in an ill-posed inversion problem, leading to an infinite set of images as possible solutions. Traditionally, this is tackled as a reconstruction problem by…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-10 Kerem C. Tezcan , Neerav Karani , Christian F. Baumgartner , Ender Konukoglu

In a typical quantum annealing protocol, the system starts with a transverse field Hamiltonian which is gradually turned off and replaced by a longitudinal Ising Hamiltonian. The ground state of the Ising Hamiltonian encodes the solution to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-07 Mostafa Khezri , Xi Dai , Rui Yang , Tameem Albash , Adrian Lupascu , Daniel A. Lidar

A finite length ferromagnetic chain with opposite spin polarisation imposed at its two ends is one of the simplest frustrated spin models. In the clean classical limit the domain wall inserted on account of the boundary conditions resides…

This article presents a novel and succinct algorithmic framework via alternating quantum walks, unifying quantum spatial search, state transfer and uniform sampling on a large class of graphs. Using the framework, we can achieve exact…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-22 Qingwen Wang , Ying Jiang , Lvzhou Li

The computational cost of preparing a quantum state can be substantial depending on the structure of data to be encoded. Many quantum algorithms require repeated sampling to find the answer, mandating reconstruction of the same input state…

In this paper we consider the use of certain classical analogues to quantum tunneling behavior to improve the performance of simulated annealing on a discrete spin system of the general Ising form. Specifically, we consider the use of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-30 Brian R. La Cour , James E. Troupe , Hans M. Mark

Being immersed in the NISQ-era, current quantum annealers present limitations for solving optimization problems efficiently. To mitigate these limitations, D-Wave Systems developed a mechanism called Reverse Annealing, a specific type of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-14 Eneko Osaba , Esther Villar-Rodriguez