Chapter 10: The Variational Quantum Eigensolver

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Section plan:

Teaches VQE as the foundational variational quantum algorithm. Explains ground-state energy estimation, Hamiltonian encoding, molecular examples, ansatz choices, and why VQE became a model for many later algorithms.