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We introduce an algorithm to perform an optimal adiabatic evolution that operates without an apriori knowledge of the system spectrum. By probing the system gap locally, the algorithm maximizes the evolution speed, thus minimizing the total…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-05-10 J. Nehrkorn , S. Montangero , A. Ekert , A. Smerzi , R. Fazio , T. Calarco

Quantum algorithms are of great interest for their possible use in optimization problems. In particular, variational algorithms that use classical counterparts to optimize parameters hold promise for use in currently existing devices.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-13 Bruno Oziel Fernandez , Rodrigo Bloot , Marcelo Moret

In quantum adiabatic evolution algorithms, the quantum computer follows the ground state of a slowly varying Hamiltonian. The ground state of the initial Hamiltonian is easy to construct; the ground state of the final Hamiltonian encodes…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Edward Farhi , Jeffrey Goldstone , Sam Gutmann

In this review we consider the performance of the quantum adiabatic algorithm for the solution of decision problems. We divide the possible failure mechanisms into two sets: small gaps due to quantum phase transitions and small gaps due to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-04-21 C. R. Laumann , R. Moessner , A. Scardicchio , S. L. Sondhi

Quantum adiabatic evolutions find a broad range of applications in quantum physics and quantum technologies. The traditional form of the quantum adiabatic theorem limits the speed of adiabatic evolution by the minimum energy gaps of the…

We study the eigenlevel spectrum of quantum adiabatic algorithm for 3-satisfiability problem, focusing on single-solution instances. The properties of the ground state and the associated gap, crucial for determining the running time of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Marko Znidaric

We provide a theoretical study of the quantum adiabatic evolution algorithm with different evolution paths proposed in [E. Farhi, et al., arXiv:quant-ph/0208135]. The algorithm is applied to a random binary optimization problem (a version…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Boulatov , V. N. Smelyanskiy

We use elementary variational arguments to prove, and improve on, gap estimates which arise in simulating quantum circuits by adiabatic evolution.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-01-14 Percy Deift , Mary Beth Ruskai , Wolfgang Spitzer

In quantum adiabatic algorithm, as the adiabatic parameter $s(t)$ changes slowly from zero to one with finite rate, a transition to excited states inevitably occurs and this induces an intrinsic computational error. We show that this…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-15 Hongye Hu , Biao Wu

Recently a method for adiabatic quantum computation has been proposed and there has been considerable speculation about its efficiency for NP-complete problems. Heuristic arguments in its favor are based on the unproven assumption of an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Mary Beth Ruskai

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

Quantum adiabatic algorithms are commonly analyzed through local spectral properties of an interpolating Hamiltonian, most notably the minimum energy gap. While this perspective captures an important constraint on adiabatic runtimes, it…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-06 Prathamesh S. Joshi

Quantum annealing is a continuous-time heuristic quantum algorithm for solving or approximately solving classical optimization problems. The algorithm uses a schedule to interpolate between a driver Hamiltonian with an easy-to-prepare…

We present two quantum algorithms based on evolution randomization, a simple variant of adiabatic quantum computing, to prepare a quantum state $\vert x \rangle$ that is proportional to the solution of the system of linear equations $A…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-02-20 Yigit Subasi , Rolando D. Somma , Davide Orsucci

The adiabatic quantum algorithm has drawn intense interest as a potential approach to accelerating optimization tasks using quantum computation. The algorithm is most naturally realised in systems which support Hamiltonian evolution, rather…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-10-02 Liming Zhao , Carlos A. Perez-Delgado , Simon C. Benjamin , Joseph F. Fitzsimons

Several previous works have investigated the circumstances under which quantum adiabatic optimization algorithms can tunnel out of local energy minima that trap simulated annealing or other classical local search algorithms. Here we…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-02-05 Michael Jarret , Stephen P. Jordan

Matching problems on 3D shapes and images are challenging as they are frequently formulated as combinatorial quadratic assignment problems (QAPs) with permutation matrix constraints, which are NP-hard. In this work, we address such problems…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-07-09 Marcel Seelbach Benkner , Vladislav Golyanik , Christian Theobalt , Michael Moeller

Algorithms based on non-unitary evolution have attracted much interest for ground state preparation on quantum computers. One recently proposed method makes use of ancilla qubits and controlled unitary operators to implement weak…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-25 Tobias Stollenwerk , Stuart Hadfield

We aim to give more insights on adiabatic evolution concerning the occurrence of anti-crossings and their link to the spectral minimum gap $\Delta_{min}$. We study in detail adiabatic quantum computation applied to a specific combinatorial…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-13 Arthur Braida , Simon Martiel

Preparing the ground state of a Hamiltonian is a problem of great significance in physics with deep implications in the field of combinatorial optimization. The adiabatic algorithm is known to return the ground state for sufficiently long…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-02 Benjamin F. Schiffer , Jordi Tura , J. Ignacio Cirac