General parameter-shift rules for quantum gradients

Variational quantum algorithms are ubiquitous in applications of noisy intermediate-scale quantum computers. Due to the structure of conventional parametrized quantum gates, the evaluated functions typically are finite Fourier series of the input parameters. In this work, we use this fact to derive...

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Main Authors: David Wierichs, Josh Izaac, Cody Wang, Cedric Yen-Yu Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Verein zur Förderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften 2022-03-01
Series:Quantum
Online Access:https://quantum-journal.org/papers/q-2022-03-30-677/pdf/