The Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm from the Ground Up

Cameron R. Wolfe, Ph.D.
17 min readJul 16, 2021
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Introduction

In recent years, the advent of quantum computing has brought great excitement within numerous research communities (e.g., physics, computer science, mathematics, etc.). Interest in the topic of quantum computing led to numerous theoretical contributions in the space, catalyzing the development of influential algorithms such as…

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Cameron R. Wolfe, Ph.D.

Director of AI @ Rebuy • Deep Learning Ph.D. • I make AI understandable