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Imaginarity as a necessary resource for trainability in QAOA

As of 13 August 2026, this Paper Citation Record lists 25 of 25 outbound references and 0 inbound Pith citation observations for arXiv:2608.05093.

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This paper cites A Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm.

Imaginarity as a necessary resource for trainability in QAOA A Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm

Reference 1

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This paper cites Preskill, Quantum computing in the nisq era and be- yond, Quantum2, 79 (2018).

Imaginarity as a necessary resource for trainability in QAOA Preskill, Quantum computing in the nisq era and be- yond, Quantum2, 79 (2018)

Reference 2

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This paper cites Abbas, A.

Imaginarity as a necessary resource for trainability in QAOA Abbas, A

Reference 3

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Imaginarity as a necessary resource for trainability in QAOA Unresolved cited work

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This paper cites Cerezo, A.

Imaginarity as a necessary resource for trainability in QAOA Cerezo, A

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This paper cites Arrasmith, M.

Imaginarity as a necessary resource for trainability in QAOA Arrasmith, M

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This paper cites Larocca, S.

Imaginarity as a necessary resource for trainability in QAOA Larocca, S

Reference 7

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This paper cites Hillery, Coherence as a resource in decision problems: The Deutsch–Jozsa algorithm and a variation, Phys.

Imaginarity as a necessary resource for trainability in QAOA Hillery, Coherence as a resource in decision problems: The Deutsch–Jozsa algorithm and a variation, Phys

Reference 8

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This paper cites Naseri, T.

Imaginarity as a necessary resource for trainability in QAOA Naseri, T

Reference 9

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This paper cites Ahnefeld, T.

Imaginarity as a necessary resource for trainability in QAOA Ahnefeld, T

Reference 10

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Imaginarity as a necessary resource for trainability in QAOA Unresolved cited work

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Imaginarity as a necessary resource for trainability in QAOA Unresolved cited work

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Imaginarity as a necessary resource for trainability in QAOA Unresolved cited work

Reference 13

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Observation 267783f4-e6d9-4717-91b6-57b5663c8854 · outbound

This paper cites Garc ´ ıa Sarmina, J.

Imaginarity as a necessary resource for trainability in QAOA Garc ´ ıa Sarmina, J

Reference 14

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This paper cites Hickey and G.

Imaginarity as a necessary resource for trainability in QAOA Hickey and G

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Imaginarity as a necessary resource for trainability in QAOA Unresolved cited work

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Imaginarity as a necessary resource for trainability in QAOA Unresolved cited work

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Imaginarity as a necessary resource for trainability in QAOA Unresolved cited work

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This paper cites Miyazaki and K.

Imaginarity as a necessary resource for trainability in QAOA Miyazaki and K

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Imaginarity as a necessary resource for trainability in QAOA Unresolved cited work

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Imaginarity as a necessary resource for trainability in QAOA Xuan, Z.-X

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Imaginarity as a necessary resource for trainability in QAOA Unresolved cited work

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This paper cites Quantum Speedup for the Maximum Cut Problem.

Imaginarity as a necessary resource for trainability in QAOA Quantum Speedup for the Maximum Cut Problem

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This paper cites Zhou, S.-T.

Imaginarity as a necessary resource for trainability in QAOA Zhou, S.-T

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This paper cites Blekos, D.

Imaginarity as a necessary resource for trainability in QAOA Blekos, D

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