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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2019
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Matthew Hastings, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
In this disclosure, example quantum algorithms for approximate optimization based on a sudden quench of a Hamiltonian. While the algorithm is general, it is analyzed in this disclosure in the specific context of MAX-EK-LIN2, for both even and odd K. It is to be understood, however, that the algorithm can be generalized to other contexts. A duality can be found: roughly, either the algorithm provides some nontrivial improvement over random or there exist many solutions which are significantly worse than random. A classical approximation algorithm is then analyzed and a similar duality is found, though the quantum algorithm provides additional guarantees in certain cases.