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We formulate a time-optimal approach to adiabatic quantum computation (AQC). A corresponding natural Riemannian metric is also derived, through which AQC can be understood as the problem of finding a geodesic on the manifold of control…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-09-21 A. T. Rezakhani , W. -J. Kuo , A. Hamma , D. A. Lidar , P. Zanardi

In this paper, we present efficient quantum algorithms that are exponentially faster than classical algorithms for solving the quantum optimal control problem. This problem involves finding the control variable that maximizes a physical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-02 Xiantao Li , Chunhao Wang

The techniques and analysis presented in this paper provide new methods to solve optimization problems posed on Riemannian manifolds. A new point of view is offered for the solution of constrained optimization problems. Some classical…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-04-12 Steven Thomas Smith

In this paper, we identify a family of nonconvex continuous optimization instances, each $d$-dimensional instance with $2^d$ local minima, to demonstrate a quantum-classical performance separation. Specifically, we prove that the recently…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-03 Jiaqi Leng , Yufan Zheng , Xiaodi Wu

Many theoretical problems in quantum technology can be formulated and addressed as constrained optimization problems. The most common quantum mechanical constraints such as, e.g., orthogonality of isometric and unitary matrices, CPTP…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-18 I. A. Luchnikov , A. Ryzhov , S. N. Filippov , H. Ouerdane

The local Hamiltonian (LH) problem, the quantum analog of the classical constraint satisfaction problem, is a cornerstone of quantum computation and complexity theory. It is known to be QMA-complete, indicating that it is challenging even…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-27 Yukun Zhang , Yusen Wu , Xiao Yuan

Local quantum annealing (LQA), an iterative algorithm, is designed to solve combinatorial optimization problems. It draws inspiration from QA, which utilizes adiabatic time evolution to determine the global minimum of a given objective…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-07 Shunta Arai , Satoshi Takabe

Quantum computing is a promising candidate for accelerating machine learning tasks. Limited by the control accuracy of current quantum hardware, reducing the consumption of quantum resources is the key to achieving quantum advantage. Here,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-05-22 Fan Yang , Furong Wang , Xusheng Xu , Pao Gao , Tao Xin , ShiJie Wei , Guilu Long

We present a quantum-inspired algorithm that utilizes Quantum Hamiltonian Descent (QHD) for efficient community detection. Our approach reformulates the community detection task as a Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization (QUBO)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-18 Jinglei Cheng , Ruilin Zhou , Yuhang Gan , Chen Qian , Junyu Liu

Quantum algorithms for electronic-structure simulations are actively being developed, yet many hybrid quantum-classical approaches are bottlenecked by the measurement overhead associated with large molecular Hamiltonians. Here we introduce…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-10 Benjamin Mokhtar , Noboru Inoue , Takashi Tsuchimochi

This paper focuses on recovering a low-rank tensor from its incomplete measurements. We propose a novel algorithm termed the Single Mode Quasi Riemannian Gradient Descent (SM-QRGD). By exploiting the benefits of both fixed-rank matrix…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-30 Yuanwei Zhang , Ya-Nan Zhu , Xiaoqun Zhang

Combinatorial optimization is a promising application for near-term quantum computers, however, identifying performant algorithms suited to noisy quantum hardware remains as an important goal to potentially realizing quantum computational…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-01 Titus D. Morris , Ananth Kaushik , Martin Roetteler , Phillip C. Lotshaw

We introduce a quantum approximate optimization algorithm (QAOA) for continuous optimization. The algorithm is based on the dynamics of a quantum system moving in an energy potential which encodes the objective function. By approximating…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-02-04 Guillaume Verdon , Juan Miguel Arrazola , Kamil Brádler , Nathan Killoran

In this paper, we give explicit descriptions of versions of (Local-) Backtracking Gradient Descent and New Q-Newton's method to the Riemannian setting.Here are some easy to state consequences of results in this paper, where X is a general…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-09-01 Tuyen Trung Truong

We investigate Riemannian gradient flows for preparing ground states of a desired Hamiltonian on a quantum device. We show that the number of steps of the corresponding Riemannian gradient descent (RGD) algorithm that prepares a ground…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-16 Mahum Pervez , Ariq Haqq , Nathan A. McMahon , Christian Arenz

We propose a stochastic variance-reduced cubic regularized Newton algorithm to optimize the finite-sum problem over a Riemannian submanifold of the Euclidean space. The proposed algorithm requires a full gradient and Hessian update at the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-12-14 Dewei Zhang , Sam Davanloo Tajbakhsh

The effectiveness of dimensionality reduction with quadratic manifolds hinges on the choice of a reduced basis and the associated quadratic correction terms. Existing approaches typically rely on subspaces spanned by the leading principal…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-27 Gavin Paxton , Seunghee Cheon , Rudy Geelen , Shane A. McQuarrie

Quantum optimization algorithms hold the promise of solving classically hard, discrete optimization problems in practice. The requirement of encoding such problems in a Hamiltonian realized with a finite -- and currently small -- number of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-10 Yifeng Rocky Zhu , David Joseph , Cong Ling , Florian Mintert

We propose a hybrid quantum-classical algorithm for approximating the ground state and ground state energy of a Hamiltonian. Once the Ansatz has been decided, the quantum part of the algorithm involves the calculation of two overlap…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-10-13 Kishor Bharti

The simulation of quantum dynamics on a digital quantum computer with parameterized circuits has widespread applications in fundamental and applied physics and chemistry. In this context, using the hybrid quantum-classical algorithm,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-19 Tangyou Huang , Yongcheng Ding , Léonce Dupays , Yue Ban , Man-Hong Yung , Adolfo del Campo , Xi Chen