Journal Article

FZJ-2026-00023

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Performance of quantum annealing for 2-satisfiability problems with multiple satisfying assignments

Mehta, V. (Corresponding author)FZJ* ; De Raedt, H.FZJ* ; Michielsen, K.FZJ* ; Jin, F.FZJ*

2025
Inst. Woodbury, NY

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Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.1103/n7r5-s63q  doi:10.34734/FZJ-2026-00023

Abstract: Using a specially constructed set of hard 2-satisfiability problems with four satisfying assignments, we study the scaling and sampling performance of numerical simulation of quantum annealing as well as that of the physical quantum annealers offered by D-Wave. To this end, we use both the standard quantum annealing and reverse annealing protocols in both our simulations and on the D-Wave quantum annealer. In the case of ideal quantum annealing the sampling behavior can be explained by perturbation theory and the scaling behavior of the time to solution depends on the scaling behavior of the minimum energy gap between the ground state and the first-excited state of the annealing Hamiltonian. The corresponding results from the D-Wave quantum annealers do not fit to this ideal picture, but suggest that the scaling of the time to solution from the quantum annealers matches those calculated from the equilibrium probability distribution.

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. Jülich Supercomputing Center (JSC)

Research Program(s):

1. 5111 - Domain-Specific Simulation & Data Life Cycle Labs (SDLs) and Research Groups (POF4-511) (POF4-511)
2. EPIQ - Entwicklungspartnerschaft Ionenfallen-Quantencomputer in NRW (76.06.04.-000157) (76.06.04.-000157)

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