Understanding Quantum Imaginary Time Evolution and its Variational form

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Main Authors: Anglés-Castillo, Andreu, Ion, Luca, Pandit, Tanmoy, Gomez-Lurbe, Rafael, Martínez, Rodrigo, Garcia-March, Miguel Angel
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Published: 2025
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author Anglés-Castillo, Andreu
Ion, Luca
Pandit, Tanmoy
Gomez-Lurbe, Rafael
Martínez, Rodrigo
Garcia-March, Miguel Angel
author_facet Anglés-Castillo, Andreu
Ion, Luca
Pandit, Tanmoy
Gomez-Lurbe, Rafael
Martínez, Rodrigo
Garcia-March, Miguel Angel
contents Many computationally hard problems can be encoded in quantum Hamiltonians. The solution to these problems is given by the ground states of these Hamiltonians. A state-of-the-art algorithm for finding the ground state of a Hamiltonian is the so-called Quantum Imaginary Time Evolution (QITE) which approximates imaginary time evolution by a unitary evolution that can be implemented in quantum hardware. In this paper, we review the original algorithm together with a comprehensive computer program, as well as, the variational version of it.
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spellingShingle Understanding Quantum Imaginary Time Evolution and its Variational form
Anglés-Castillo, Andreu
Ion, Luca
Pandit, Tanmoy
Gomez-Lurbe, Rafael
Martínez, Rodrigo
Garcia-March, Miguel Angel
Quantum Physics
Many computationally hard problems can be encoded in quantum Hamiltonians. The solution to these problems is given by the ground states of these Hamiltonians. A state-of-the-art algorithm for finding the ground state of a Hamiltonian is the so-called Quantum Imaginary Time Evolution (QITE) which approximates imaginary time evolution by a unitary evolution that can be implemented in quantum hardware. In this paper, we review the original algorithm together with a comprehensive computer program, as well as, the variational version of it.
title Understanding Quantum Imaginary Time Evolution and its Variational form
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.02015