Chapter 15: Quantum Annealing and Its Relationship to VQAs

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Section plan:

Compares gate-based variational algorithms with quantum annealing. Explains adiabatic evolution, transverse-field Ising models, D-Wave-style annealers, hybrid solvers, and when annealing-based approaches may be useful.