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ArticleEntropy (Basel, Switzerland)2023

A Variational Quantum Linear Solver Application to Discrete Finite-Element Methods.

Corey Jason Trahan, Mark Loveland, Noah Davis, Elizabeth Ellison

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Article in Entropy (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Corey Jason TrahanInformation and Technology Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4366-8521
Mark LovelandInformation and Technology Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USA.
Noah DavisApplied Research Laboratories, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78713, USA.
Elizabeth EllisonInformation and Technology Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS 39180, USA.

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Abstract

Finite-element methods are industry standards for finding numerical solutions to partial differential equations. However, the application scale remains pivotal to the practical use of these methods, even for modern-day supercomputers. Large, multi-scale applications, for example, can be limited by their requirement of prohibitively large linear system solutions. It is therefore worthwhile to investigate whether near-term quantum algorithms have the potential for offering any kind of advantage over classical linear solvers. In this study, we investigate the recently proposed variational quantum linear solver (VQLS) for discrete solutions to partial differential equations. This method was found to scale polylogarithmically with the linear system size, and the method can be implemented using shallow quantum circuits on noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) computers. Herein, we utilize the hybrid VQLS to solve both the steady Poisson equation and the time-dependent heat and wave equations.

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finite-element methodsheat equationPoisson equationquantum algorithmsquantum computingquantum variational algorithm

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PMID37190367
PMCPMC10137608

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