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pith:2018:OGLOKFZM7FHFMOFSVAAFRW6XSK

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For Fixed Control Parameters the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm's Objective Function Value Concentrates for Typical Instances

Edward Farhi, Fernando G.S.L. Brandao, Hartmut Neven, Michael Broughton, Sam Gutmann

arxiv:1812.04170 v1 · 2018-12-11 · quant-ph

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First computed	2026-05-17T23:58:35.379879Z
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7196e5172cf94e5638b2a80058dbd79285efb3e6cd194e1574d8297e462f3959

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arxiv: 1812.04170 · arxiv_version: 1812.04170v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1812.04170 · pith_short_12: OGLOKFZM7FHF · pith_short_16: OGLOKFZM7FHFMOFS · pith_short_8: OGLOKFZM

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curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/OGLOKFZM7FHFMOFSVAAFRW6XSK \
  | jq -c '.canonical_record' \
  | python3 -c "import sys,json,hashlib; b=json.dumps(json.loads(sys.stdin.read()), sort_keys=True, separators=(',',':'), ensure_ascii=False).encode(); print(hashlib.sha256(b).hexdigest())"
# expect: 7196e5172cf94e5638b2a80058dbd79285efb3e6cd194e1574d8297e462f3959

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