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48 results for quantum natural gradient

A quantum reinforcement learning algorithm reduces sample complexity.

problem Quantum reinforcement learning under model-free settings with quantum oracle access.
method Quantum Natural Policy Gradient (QNPG) algorithm replacing random sampling with deterministic gradient estimation.
result QNPG achieves a sample complexity of ildeO(ε1.5) ilde{\mathcal{O}}(ε^{-1.5}) for queries to the quantum oracle, significantly improving classical lower bound.

Researchers propose a non-monotone quantum natural gradient for quantum systems.

problem Applying natural gradient methods to quantum systems without monotonicity.
method Introducing a non-monotone quantum natural gradient (QNG) and demonstrating its superiority over conventional QNG.
result Non-monotone QNG outperforms conventional QNG in terms of convergence speed.

A quantum generalization of Natural Gradient Descent is presented as part of a general-purpose optimization framework for variational quantum circuits. The optimization dynamics is interpreted as moving in the steepest descent direction with respect to the Quantum Information Geometry, corresponding to the real part of…

2019-09-04abs ↗pdf ↗

Study evaluates capacity and trainability of parametrized quantum circuits.

problem Finding the best type of circuits for hybrid quantum-classical algorithms.
method Geometric structure of parameter space, effective quantum dimension, and circuit expressiveness.
result Identifies a transition in quantum geometry leading to decay of quantum natural gradient for deep circuits.

New methods optimize training VQAs without barren plateaus, improving efficiency and applicability.

problem Barren plateaus in training variational quantum algorithms.
method Derive adaptive learning rates and use Gaussian kernels to optimize movement in parameter space.
result Optimized training methods outperform other routines and can train VQAs free of barren plateaus.

Develops an analytic theory for quantum imaginary time evolution.

problem Lack of a first-principle understanding of quantum imaginary time evolution.
method Interprets QITE as a form of VQA trained with QNGD and connects it to the geometric geodesic distance in the quantum Fisher information metric.
result QITE converges faster than vanilla gradient descent-based VQAs, though the advantage is suppressed by Hilbert space dimensionality.

Analyzes dynamics of quantum neural networks, predicting exponential decay of training error.

problem Understanding convergence rate of quantum neural networks training.
method Analytic theory for gradient descent dynamics of wide quantum neural networks.
result Simple analytic formula predicts exponential decay of training error.

Quantum networks offer exponential communication savings for large machine learning models.

problem Training and inference of large models require efficient communication.
method Quantum encoding and gradient descent for distributed computation.
result Exponential reduction in communication for gradient descent on quantum networks.

A new optimizer saves significant shots in quantum machine learning.

problem Training variational QML algorithms is challenging due to large datasets and shot-count overhead.
method Proposed Refoqus optimizer that samples over both dataset and measurement operators.
result Refoqus can save several orders of magnitude in shot cost compared to existing methods.

New algorithm improves efficiency of quantum system modeling.

problem Intractable complexities in quantum Hamiltonian learning and Gibbs sampling.
method Generalized quantum natural gradient descent and Quantum-Probabilistic Mirror Descent.
result Data sample efficiency proven using information geometry and quantum metrology.

Quantum machine learning faces challenges similar to variational quantum algorithms in training.

problem Challenges in training quantum machine learning models.
method Bridge between variational quantum algorithms and quantum machine learning, applying gradient scaling results.
result Gradient scaling results for variational quantum algorithms can also be applied to quantum machine learning models, revealing new trainability issues.

Quantum classification robustness improved via quantum hypothesis testing.

problem Vulnerability of quantum classification algorithms to input perturbations.
method Formalized link between quantum hypothesis testing and robustness, developed practical protocols.
result Tight robustness condition independent of noise source (natural or adversarial).

Warm starts improve variational quantum algorithms by avoiding barren plateaus.

problem Barren plateaus in variational quantum algorithms limit scaling.
method Exploring warm starts in iterative variational methods for quantum circuits.
result Warm starts can lead to substantial gradients in small regions, suggesting trainability.

Gradient-free optimizers are ineffective on barren plateaus in quantum computing.

problem Effect of barren plateaus on gradient-free optimization in quantum computing.
method Numerical simulations and theoretical analysis of gradient-free optimization algorithms.
result Gradient-free optimizers are not effective in barren plateau landscapes due to exponentially suppressed cost function differences.

Quantum circuit Born machines are generative models which represent the probability distribution of classical dataset as quantum pure states. Computational complexity considerations of the quantum sampling problem suggest that the quantum circuits exhibit stronger expressibility compared to classical neural networks. O…

2018-04-11abs ↗pdf ↗

SGLBO optimizes quantum circuits with fewer measurements, improving accuracy and noise resilience.

problem Efficiently optimizing parameterized quantum circuits with reduced measurement shots and noise.
method Developed SGLBO combining SGD and BO, with adaptive measurement-shot strategy and suffix averaging.
result Significantly reduces measurement-shot cost while improving accuracy and noise resilience.

Paper addresses optimization on Hadamard manifolds, generalizing gradient flow.

problem Optimization of convex functions on Hadamard manifolds.
method Introduces a generalized gradient flow to minimize Q(dfx)Q(df_x).
result Gradient flow attains infimum in limit for basic manifolds.

Quantum probability metrics improve distribution comparison in high dimensions.

problem Challenges in comparing probability distributions, especially in high-dimensional and non-compact domains.
method Quantum probability metrics (QPMs) derived from quantum state spaces, overcoming limitations of MMD.
result QPMs offer enhanced sensitivity to subtle distributional differences in high dimensions and improve performance in generative modeling.

Quantum machine learning faces 'laziness' and 'barren plateaus', but noise can mitigate the latter.

problem Quantum machine learning's loss function landscape issues.
method Theoretical analysis of quantum variational circuits, neural tangent kernels, and noise effects.
result Noise can mitigate barren plateaus in quantum machine learning.

Quantum circuit models learn better with specific initialization strategies.

problem Understanding and improving the optimization landscape of IQP-based generative models.
method Proved barren plateaus for random initialization, established lower bounds, and developed data-dependent initialization.
result Data-dependent initialization leads to faster convergence and better minimums.

Improves VQAs by balancing classical and quantum training resources.

problem Challenges in trainability and resource costs of VQAs on quantum hardware.
method Adopting HELIA Ansatz and combining classical and quantum methods for gradient estimation and training.
result Achieves higher accuracy and success rates in VQE and improved test accuracy in quantum phase classification.

We introduce two quantum algorithms for solving structured prediction problems. We first show that a stochastic gradient descent that uses the quantum minimum finding algorithm and takes its probabilistic failure into account solves the structured prediction problem with a runtime that scales with the square root of th…

2018-09-11abs ↗pdf ↗

The tail of a quantum spin network in the two-sphere is a qq-series associated to the network. We study the existence of the head and tail functions of quantum spin networks colored by 2n2n. We compute the qq-series for an infinite family of quantum spin networks and give the relation between the tail of these networ…

2018-10-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Let us consider a projective manifold and ΩΩ a volume form. We define the gradient flow associated to the problem of ΩΩ-balanced metrics in the quantum formalism, the Ωbalacingflow.Atthelimitofthequantization,weprovethatthe-balacing flow. At the limit of the quantization, we prove that the ΩbalacingflowconvergestowardsanaturalflowinKa¨hlergeometry,the-balacing flow converges towards a natural flow in Kähler geometry, the Ω$-Kä…

2011-02-05abs ↗pdf ↗

We derive the quantum Teichmüller space, previously constructed by Kashaev and by Fock and Chekhov, from tensor products of a single canonical representation of the modular double of the quantum plane. We show that the quantum dilogarithm function appears naturally in the decomposition of the tensor square, the quantum…

2010-06-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Expressive quantum circuits are harder to train due to flatter cost landscapes.

problem Designing quantum circuits that are both expressive and trainable.
method Deriving a relationship between expressibility and gradient magnitude, extending barren plateau phenomenon.
result Highly expressive ansätze exhibit flatter cost landscapes, making them harder to train.

ECD algorithm speeds up non-convex optimization, offering quantum and stochastic enhancements.

problem Non-convex optimization challenges in machine learning.
method Energy Conserving Descent (ECD) algorithm, stochastic ECD dynamics (sECD), quantum ECD Hamiltonian (qECD).
result ECD and its quantum version achieve exponential speedup over gradient descent.

Quantum affine bundles are quantum principal bundles with affine quantum structure groups. A general theory of quantum affine bundles is presented. In particular, a detailed analysis of differential calculi over these bundles is performed, including the description of a natural differential calculus over the structure …

1999-08-10abs ↗pdf ↗

It is shown that there is a CC^*-algebraic quantum group related to any double Lie group. An algebra underlying this quantum group is an algebra of a differential groupoid naturally associated with a double Lie group

2002-03-11abs ↗pdf ↗

In supervised learning, an inductive learning algorithm extracts general rules from observed training instances, then the rules are applied to test instances. We show that this splitting of training and application arises naturally, in the classical setting, from a simple independence requirement with a physical interp…

2016-05-24abs ↗pdf ↗

We show that the reduced quantum hyperbolic invariants of pseudo-Anosov diffeomorphisms of punctured surfaces are intertwiners of local representations of the quantum Teichmüller spaces. We characterize them as the only intertwiners that satisfy certain natural cut-and-paste operations of topological quantum field theo…

2017-04-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Quantum Earth Mover's distance improves stability and efficiency in quantum learning.

problem Quantum learning's loss landscapes often lead to poor local minima and gradients.
method Introduced the quantum Earth Mover's (EM) distance and proposed a quantum Wasserstein generative adversarial network (qWGAN).
result The quantum EM distance makes quantum learning more stable and efficient.

Quantum models can approximate any function if data encoding allows for a rich enough frequency spectrum.

problem Theoretical properties of quantum machine learning models, particularly their expressive power.
method Investigated how data encoding affects the expressive power of parametrized quantum circuits.
result Quantum models can access increasingly rich frequency spectra by repeating data encoding gates, potentially making them universal function approximators.