QAOA — Quantum Approximate Optimization

MaxCut on a small graph via alternating cost/mixer unitaries

QAOA PARAMETERS (p=1)
γ 0.40
β 0.30
EXPECTED MAXCUT VALUE ⟨C⟩
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CLASSICAL OPTIMUM
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QAOA circuit: |+⟩^n → e^{-iγC} → e^{-iβB} → measure

C = Σ_{(i,j)∈E} (1-ZᵢZⱼ)/2 (cut edges)
B = Σᵢ Xᵢ (mixer)
GRAPH (5 nodes, MaxCut problem)
MEASUREMENT PROBABILITIES (all 2⁵=32 bitstrings)