What is Quantum imaginary time evolution (QITE)?

Quantum imaginary time evolution (QITE)

Quantum

Quantum imaginary time evolution (QITE): A method for reaching a ground state by simulating evolution in imaginary time, avoiding the optimiser variational methods depend on.

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