(Sub)Exponential Quantum Speedup for Optimization

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Autores principales: Leng, Jiaqi, Wu, Kewen, Wu, Xiaodi, Zheng, Yufan
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Publicado: 2025
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author Leng, Jiaqi
Wu, Kewen
Wu, Xiaodi
Zheng, Yufan
author_facet Leng, Jiaqi
Wu, Kewen
Wu, Xiaodi
Zheng, Yufan
contents We demonstrate provable (sub)exponential quantum speedups in both discrete and continuous optimization, achieved through simple and natural quantum optimization algorithms, namely the quantum adiabatic algorithm for discrete optimization and quantum Hamiltonian descent for continuous optimization. Our result builds on the Gilyén--Hastings--Vazirani (sub)exponential oracle separation for adiabatic quantum computing. With a sequence of perturbative reductions, we compile their construction into two standalone objective functions, whose oracles can be directly leveraged by the plain adiabatic evolution and Schrödinger operator evolution for discrete and continuous optimization, respectively.
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spellingShingle (Sub)Exponential Quantum Speedup for Optimization
Leng, Jiaqi
Wu, Kewen
Wu, Xiaodi
Zheng, Yufan
Quantum Physics
Computational Complexity
Optimization and Control
We demonstrate provable (sub)exponential quantum speedups in both discrete and continuous optimization, achieved through simple and natural quantum optimization algorithms, namely the quantum adiabatic algorithm for discrete optimization and quantum Hamiltonian descent for continuous optimization. Our result builds on the Gilyén--Hastings--Vazirani (sub)exponential oracle separation for adiabatic quantum computing. With a sequence of perturbative reductions, we compile their construction into two standalone objective functions, whose oracles can be directly leveraged by the plain adiabatic evolution and Schrödinger operator evolution for discrete and continuous optimization, respectively.
title (Sub)Exponential Quantum Speedup for Optimization
topic Quantum Physics
Computational Complexity
Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.14841