What is Adiabatic Quantum Computing?

Adiabatic Quantum Computing (AQC) is a quantum computing model that encodes a problem into a Hamiltonian and computes by slowly evolving the system’s Hamiltonian so the quantum state tracks the ground state and encodes the solution. Expanded Explanation 1. Technical Function and Core Characteristics AQC initializes a quantum system in the ground state of a simple Hamiltonian and then evolves the Hamiltonian into a problem Hamiltonian whose ground state represents the solution. The adiabatic

Adiabatic Quantum Computing (AQC)

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