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arxiv 2302.09481 v2 pith:WW657K2G submitted 2023-02-19 quant-ph

Quantum-Relaxation Based Optimization Algorithms: Theoretical Extensions

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Quantum Random Access Optimizer (QRAO) is a quantum-relaxation based optimization algorithm proposed by Fuller et al. that utilizes Quantum Random Access Code (QRAC) to encode multiple variables of binary optimization in a single qubit. The approximation ratio bound of QRAO for the maximum cut problem is $0.555$ if the bit-to-qubit compression ratio is $3$x, while it is $0.625$ if the compression ratio is $2$x, thus demonstrating a trade-off between space efficiency and approximability. In this research, we extend the quantum-relaxation by using another QRAC which encodes three classical bits into two qubits (the bit-to-qubit compression ratio is $1.5$x) and obtain its approximation ratio for the maximum cut problem as $0.722$. Also, we design a novel quantum relaxation that always guarantees a $2$x bit-to-qubit compression ratio which is unlike the original quantum relaxation of Fuller~et~al. We analyze the condition when it has a non-trivial approximation ratio bound $\left(>\frac{1}{2}\right)$. We hope that our results lead to the analysis of the quantum approximability and practical efficiency of the quantum-relaxation based approaches.

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