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The Maximum Independent Set (MIS) problem is a fundamental combinatorial optimization task that can be naturally mapped onto the Ising Hamiltonian of neutral atom quantum processors. Given its connection to NP-hard problems and real-world…

Architectures for quantum computing based on neutral atoms have risen to prominence as candidates for both near and long-term applications. These devices are particularly well suited to solve independent set problems, as the combinatorial…

We provide a non-unit disk framework to solve combinatorial optimization problems such as Maximum Cut (Max-Cut) and Maximum Independent Set (MIS) on a Rydberg quantum annealer. Our setup consists of a many-body interacting Rydberg system…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-31 Kapil Goswami , Rick Mukherjee , Herwig Ott , Peter Schmelcher

Neutral atom arrays have emerged as a versatile candidate for the embedding of hard classical optimization problems. Prior work has focused on mapping problems onto finding the maximum independent set of weighted or unweighted unit disk…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-02 Toonyawat Angkhanawin , Aydin Deger , Jonathan D. Pritchard , C. Stuart Adams

We present quantum simulation experiments of Ising-like spins on Platonic graphs, which are performed with two-dimensional arrays of Rydberg atoms and quantum-wire couplings. The quantum wires are used to couple otherwise uncoupled…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-31 Andrew Byun , Minhyuk Kim , Jaewook Ahn

We present a hybrid adiabatic algorithm for maximum independent set (MIS) using Rydberg atom arrays. We engineer local controls that preferentially excite atoms with few neighbors, which represent graph nodes with small degrees. Numerical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-22 Guy Karni , Noam Cohen , Adi Pick

We propose a scalable encoding of combinatorial optimization problems with arbitrary connectivity, including higher-order terms, on arrays of trapped neutral atoms requiring only a global laser drive. Our approach relies on modular…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-08 Martin Lanthaler , Kilian Ender , Clemens Dlaska , Wolfgang Lechner

We discuss the computational complexity of finding the ground state of the two-dimensional array of quantum bits that interact via strong van der Waals interactions. Specifically, we focus on systems where the interaction strength between…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-09-14 Hannes Pichler , Sheng-Tao Wang , Leo Zhou , Soonwon Choi , Mikhail D. Lukin

Graph embedding is a recurrent problem in quantum computing, for instance, quantum annealers need to solve a minor graph embedding in order to map a given Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization (QUBO) problem onto their internal…

We propose and implement a quantum-informed reduction algorithm for the maximum independent set problem that integrates classical kernelization techniques with information extracted from quantum devices. Our larger framework consists of…

Rydberg-atom quantum simulators are of keen interest because of their possibilities towards high-dimensional qubit architectures. Here we report three-dimensional conformation spectra of quantum-Ising Hamiltonian systems with programmed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-04 Minhyuk Kim , Yunheung Song , Jaewan Kim , Jaewook Ahn

Emerging quantum processors provide an opportunity to explore new approaches for solving traditional problems in the post Moore's law supercomputing era. However, the limited number of qubits makes it infeasible to tackle massive real-world…

The maximum independent set (MIS) problem of graph theory using the quantum alternating operator ansatz is studied. We perform simulations on the Rigetti Forest simulator for the square ring, $K_{2,3}$, and $K_{3,3}$ graphs and analyze the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-03 Zain H. Saleem

We investigate a hybrid quantum-classical algorithm for solving the Maximum Independent Set (MIS) problem on regular graphs, combining the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) with a minimal degree classical greedy algorithm.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-30 Elisabeth Wybo , Jami Rönkkö , Olli Hirviniemi , Jernej Rudi Finžgar , Martin Leib

Quantum annealers can be used to solve many (possibly NP-hard) combinatorial optimization problems, by formulating them as quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO) problems or, equivalently, using the Ising formulation. In this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-13 Alessandro Gherardi , Alberto Leporati

Rydberg atom arrays are a leading platform for quantum computing and simulation, combining strong interactions with highly coherent operations and flexible geometries. However, the achievable fidelities are limited by the finite lifetime of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-11 Sam R. Cohen , Jeff D. Thompson

A range of quantum algorithms, especially those leveraging variational parameterization and circuit-based optimization, are being studied as alternatives for solving classically intractable combinatorial optimization problems (COPs).…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-18 Monit Sharma , Hoong Chuin Lau

The recent work ``Combinatorial Optimization with Physics-Inspired Graph Neural Networks'' [Nat Mach Intell 4 (2022) 367] introduces a physics-inspired unsupervised Graph Neural Network (GNN) to solve combinatorial optimization problems on…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-01-04 Maria Chiara Angelini , Federico Ricci-Tersenghi

On neutral atom platforms, preparing specific quantum states is usually achieved by pulse shaping, i.e., by optimizing the time-dependence of the Hamiltonian related to the system. This process can be extremely costly, as it requires…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-03 Wesley da Silva Coelho , Mauro D'Arcangelo , Louis-Paul Henry

Efficient sampling from a classical Gibbs distribution is an important computational problem with applications ranging from statistical physics over Monte Carlo and optimization algorithms to machine learning. We introduce a family of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-08 Dominik S. Wild , Dries Sels , Hannes Pichler , Cristian Zanoci , Mikhail D. Lukin