qml.qaoa.cost.max_clique¶
- max_clique(graph, constrained=True)[source]¶
Returns the QAOA cost Hamiltonian and the recommended mixer corresponding to the Maximum Clique problem, for a given graph.
The goal of Maximum Clique is to find the largest clique of a graph — the largest subgraph such that all vertices are connected by an edge.
- Parameters:
graph (nx.Graph or rx.PyGraph) – a graph whose edges define the pairs of vertices on which each term of the Hamiltonian acts
constrained (bool) – specifies the variant of QAOA that is performed (constrained or unconstrained)
- Returns:
The cost and mixer Hamiltonians
- Return type:
(.Hamiltonian, .Hamiltonian)
Usage Details
There are two variations of QAOA for this problem, constrained and unconstrained:
Constrained
Note
This method of constrained QAOA was introduced by Hadfield, Wang, Gorman, Rieffel, Venturelli, and Biswas in arXiv:1709.03489.
The Maximum Clique cost Hamiltonian for constrained QAOA is defined as:
\[H_C \ = \ \displaystyle\sum_{v \in V(G)} Z_{v},\]where \(V(G)\) is the set of vertices of the input graph, and \(Z_i\) is the Pauli-Z operator applied to the \(i\)-th vertex.
The returned mixer Hamiltonian is
bit_flip_mixer()applied to \(\bar{G}\), the complement of the graph.Note
- Recommended initialization circuit:
Each wire in the \(|0\rangle\) state.
Unconstrained
The Maximum Clique cost Hamiltonian for unconstrained QAOA is defined as:
\[H_C \ = \ 3 \sum_{(i, j) \in E(\bar{G})} (Z_i Z_j \ - \ Z_i \ - \ Z_j) \ + \ \displaystyle\sum_{i \in V(G)} Z_i\]where \(V(G)\) is the set of vertices of the input graph \(G\), \(E(\bar{G})\) is the set of edges of the complement of \(G\), and \(Z_i\) is the Pauli-Z operator applied to the \(i\)-th vertex.
The returned mixer Hamiltonian is
x_mixer()applied to all wires.Note
- Recommended initialization circuit:
Even superposition over all basis states.