Variational quantum algorithms

2021/08/12 by M. Cerezo, Andrew Arrasmith, Ryan Babbush +8 · 185 citations
Computer Science · #Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata

paper · doi:10.1038/s42254-021-00348-9

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