Reference · 2016

The theory of variational hybrid quantum-classical algorithms

McClean, J. R., Romero, J., Babbush, R., & Aspuru-Guzik, A. (2016). The theory of variational hybrid quantum-classical algorithms. New Journal of Physics, 18, 023023.

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Authors: Jarrod R. McClean; Jonathan Romero; Ryan Babbush; Alán Aspuru-Guzik
Venue: New Journal of Physics 18, 023023

Cited from VQE and from the glossary entries on Hamiltonians and variational algorithms. The paper analyzes how expectation values of Pauli decompositions are estimated, including the dependence on variance and precision, and it treats unitary coupled cluster. It does not prove that the classical optimizer reaches the ground state in polynomial time.

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