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arXiv:2208.11780 · Quantum Information Processing

Variational quantum solutions to the advection–diffusion equation for applications in fluid dynamics

Reuben Demirdjian, Daniel Gunlycke, Carolyn A. Reynolds, James D. Doyle, Sergio Tafur

Published Sep 17, 2022• 53 citations
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10.1007/s11128-022-03667-7

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