Chapter 12: The Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm

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Section plan:

Explains QAOA step by step: cost Hamiltonians, mixer Hamiltonians, alternating operators, circuit depth p, parameter landscapes, approximation quality, and the connection to adiabatic quantum computation.