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Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions

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This paper cites Challenges and opportunities in quantum optimization.Nature Reviews Physics, pages 1–18, 2024.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Challenges and opportunities in quantum optimization.Nature Reviews Physics, pages 1–18, 2024

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This paper cites A Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions A Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm

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This paper cites Rieffel, Davide Venturelli, and Rupak Biswas.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Rieffel, Davide Venturelli, and Rupak Biswas

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This paper cites Quantum approximate optimization algorithm for MaxCut: A fermionic view.Physical Review A, 97(2):022304, 2018.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Quantum approximate optimization algorithm for MaxCut: A fermionic view.Physical Review A, 97(2):022304, 2018

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This paper cites A unified complexity- algorithm account of constant-round QAOA expectation computation.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions A unified complexity- algorithm account of constant-round QAOA expectation computation

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This paper cites Polynomial-time approximation algorithms for the Ising model.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Polynomial-time approximation algorithms for the Ising model

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This paper cites The complexity of counting cuts and of computing the probability that a graph is connected.SIAM Journal on Computing, 12(4):777–788, 1983.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions The complexity of counting cuts and of computing the probability that a graph is connected.SIAM Journal on Computing, 12(4):777–788, 1983

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This paper cites Complexity of counting the optimal solutions.Theoretical Computer Science, 410(38-40):3814–3825, 2009.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Complexity of counting the optimal solutions.Theoretical Computer Science, 410(38-40):3814–3825, 2009

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This paper cites Standard implementations ofe−iγCG require at least∆(G)two-qubit gate depth.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Standard implementations ofe−iγCG require at least∆(G)two-qubit gate depth

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Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Quantum algorithms for scientific computing and approximate optimization

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Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Quantum Supremacy through the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm

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Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions In particular, choosingb =O(N)permits exponentially small error while preserving a polynomial-time reduction

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Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions 1.2 may be formalized as follows

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Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions 1.2 can all be performed in polynomial time and with polynomially scaling number of bits [55–57]

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Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions PP is as hard as the polynomial-time hierarchy.SIAM Journal on Computing, 20(5):865–877, 1991

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This paper cites A Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm Applied to a Bounded Occurrence Constraint Problem.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions A Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm Applied to a Bounded Occurrence Constraint Problem

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Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Near-optimal quantum circuit for Grover’s unstructured search using a transverse field.Physical Review A, 95(6):062317, 2017

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Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Obstacles to variational quantum optimization from symmetry protection.Physical Review Letters, 125(26):260505, 2020

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Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Classical and Quantum Bounded Depth Approximation Algorithms

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This paper cites Local classical MAX-CUT algorithm outperformsp = 2QAOA on high-girth regular graphs.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Local classical MAX-CUT algorithm outperformsp = 2QAOA on high-girth regular graphs

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Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions MaxCut quantum approximate optimization algorithm performance guarantees forp>1

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Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Classical algorithms and quantum limitations for maximum cut on high-girth graphs

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Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Bounds on approximating MaxkXOR with quantum and classical local algorithms.Quantum, 6:757, 2022

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Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Analytical framework for quantum alternating operator ansätze.Quantum Science and Technology, 8(1):015017, 2022

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Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Expectation values from the single- layer quantum approximate optimization algorithm on Ising problems.Quantum Science and Technology, 7(4):045036, 2022

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Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions The Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm at High Depth for MaxCut on Large-Girth Regular Graphs and the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick Model

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Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Predicting parameters for the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm for MAX-CUT from the infinite-size limit

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Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions The quantum approximate optimization algorithm and the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick model at infinite size.Quantum, 6:759, 2022

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This paper cites Performance and limitations of the QAOA at constant levels on large sparse hypergraphs and spin glass models.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Performance and limitations of the QAOA at constant levels on large sparse hypergraphs and spin glass models

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Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Spin–boson mapping of the quantum approximate optimization algorithm

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Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Training variational quantum algorithms is NP-hard

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This paper cites Bremner, Richard Jozsa, and Dan J.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Bremner, Richard Jozsa, and Dan J

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Observation a6ce05ba-734b-43d9-94db-ef13615dfccd · outbound

This paper cites A sharp interaction-degree threshold for simulating QAOA.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions A sharp interaction-degree threshold for simulating QAOA

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Observation b527dd36-6fad-48d9-836e-ff7843e0013c · outbound

This paper cites Average-case hardness of estimating probabilities of random quantum circuits with a linear scaling in the error exponent.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Average-case hardness of estimating probabilities of random quantum circuits with a linear scaling in the error exponent

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Observation 5d1e3163-816c-4835-bf4b-df67b6fa7ca8 · outbound

This paper cites How many qubits are needed for quantum computational supremacy?Quantum, 4:264, 2020.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions How many qubits are needed for quantum computational supremacy?Quantum, 4:264, 2020

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Observation 061c71b4-6702-484a-98a8-ebc195507730 · outbound

This paper cites Quantum computational supremacy.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Quantum computational supremacy

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Observation e5cd2f7f-2dd7-4a1a-8ea5-530ab2d9eff7 · outbound

This paper cites Classical algorithms for quantum mean values.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Classical algorithms for quantum mean values

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Observation 8082621a-a273-4b21-a191-562b09ca910f · outbound

This paper cites What do QAOA energies reveal about graphs?.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions What do QAOA energies reveal about graphs?

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Observation c7de68ab-4f79-4e48-a3b4-60fe428b0457 · outbound

This paper cites On the representation of Boolean and real functions as Hamiltonians for quantum computing.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions On the representation of Boolean and real functions as Hamiltonians for quantum computing

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Observation 6807ddc4-87b8-44a8-b640-befb26239415 · outbound

This paper cites Counting with the quantum alternating operator ansatz.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Counting with the quantum alternating operator ansatz

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Observation b68af2dc-dfd4-4ec3-92f9-6de47c40bbfc · outbound

This paper cites The QAOA on the ring of disagrees.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions The QAOA on the ring of disagrees

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Observation 9f5a88d8-cbd3-48e5-a045-1c1c8650948f · outbound

This paper cites A Machine-Verified Proof of a Quantum-Optimization Conjecture.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions A Machine-Verified Proof of a Quantum-Optimization Conjecture

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Observation 22d2a918-cebf-43cc-a824-d62c7796f169 · outbound

This paper cites Parameter setting in quantum approximate optimization of weighted problems.Quantum, 8:1231, 2024.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Parameter setting in quantum approximate optimization of weighted problems.Quantum, 8:1231, 2024

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Observation 753d48df-7498-406b-b8c7-bbade394cba1 · outbound

This paper cites Lower bounding the MaxCut of high-girth 3-regular graphs using the QAOA.arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.12789, 2025.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Lower bounding the MaxCut of high-girth 3-regular graphs using the QAOA.arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.12789, 2025

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Observation 565c6f5f-2ac2-4e0b-b258-3c739a71d5fc · outbound

This paper cites Characterizing local noise in QAOA circuits.IOP SciNotes, 1(2):025208, 2020.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Characterizing local noise in QAOA circuits.IOP SciNotes, 1(2):025208, 2020

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Observation 411c2c85-1172-4e2b-af91-cc9d28d577bc · outbound

This paper cites Hybrid quantum-classical algorithms for approximate graph coloring.Quantum, 6:678, 2022.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Hybrid quantum-classical algorithms for approximate graph coloring.Quantum, 6:678, 2022

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Observation 5b363ad1-b778-47be-975d-1139f442cc2a · outbound

This paper cites Hodson, Bhuvanesh Sundar, Stephen Jeffrey, Yuki Yamaguchi, Dennis Feng, Filip B.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Hodson, Bhuvanesh Sundar, Stephen Jeffrey, Yuki Yamaguchi, Dennis Feng, Filip B

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Observation dab7a6f6-2bad-4e2e-a9b7-f799a35a5c4b · outbound

This paper cites Iterative quantum algorithms for maximum independent set.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Iterative quantum algorithms for maximum independent set

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Observation 9a508bb3-a257-4941-b15d-54200a15364b · outbound

This paper cites Quantum-informed recursive optimization algorithms.PRX Quantum, 5(2):020327, 2024.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Quantum-informed recursive optimization algorithms.PRX Quantum, 5(2):020327, 2024

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Observation 0149c67f-e5a4-4bc4-b92b-937d91e2e66f · outbound

This paper cites Brady and Stuart Hadfield.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Brady and Stuart Hadfield

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Observation 99f5be1d-3261-457a-ba87-15f2bdc6aac6 · outbound

This paper cites A scalable quantum-enhanced greedy algorithm for maximum independent set problems.arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.21923, 2026.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions A scalable quantum-enhanced greedy algorithm for maximum independent set problems.arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.21923, 2026

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Observation 54044a2b-938f-432e-beb4-79c711576729 · outbound

This paper cites Extendingrelax-and-roundcombinatorialoptimization solvers with quantum correlations.Physical Review A, 109(1):012429, 2024.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Extendingrelax-and-roundcombinatorialoptimization solvers with quantum correlations.Physical Review A, 109(1):012429, 2024

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Observation 012cda86-69a6-4d71-ae71-1c067d461f67 · outbound

This paper cites A multilevel approach for solving large-scale QUBO problems with noisy hybrid quantum approximate optimization.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions A multilevel approach for solving large-scale QUBO problems with noisy hybrid quantum approximate optimization

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Observation e0ae0e49-c4da-4741-9928-607b2d71a066 · outbound

This paper cites Lenstra, Hendrik W.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Lenstra, Hendrik W

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Observation 493b7c0b-897c-4a80-aec3-ba4ac1c6a9e8 · outbound

This paper cites Algorithms in real algebraic geometry.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Algorithms in real algebraic geometry

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Observation 69562b21-9ea4-4de7-b4bd-047369fe9646 · outbound

This paper cites Springer Science & Business Media, 2013.

Evaluating QAOA expectation values can be as hard as counting optimal solutions Springer Science & Business Media, 2013

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