Using Analogy to Understand Localization in Quantum Annealing
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Localization in the Constrained Quantum Annealing of Graph Coloring
(JPSJ Editors' Choice)
J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.
89,
064001
(2020)
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Localization may cause the inefficiency of quantum annealing. The constrained quantum annealing of graph coloring provides a new viewpoint to analyze localization phenomena in quantum annealing.
Localization in the Constrained Quantum Annealing of Graph Coloring
(JPSJ Editors' Choice)
J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.
89,
064001
(2020)
.
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