Variational Algorithm Design

[pandasa123]

Changes

Adding a few notes for us to keep in mind:

• LaTeX comments cause MathJAX issues
• Cells that require service authentication will fail in the CI. Add the uses-hardware tag to those cells

Implementation details

How to read this PR

https://platypus-pr-1965.ecy0akwlcpw.us-south.codeengine.appdomain.cloud/course/algorithm-design

Screenshots

[frankharkins]

I know this is still draft, but thought I'd leave some comments as I've seen some of these errors before. Feel free to ignore

[jacobwatkins1]

Great start! My general feedback is the following:

• Focus more on circuits and expectation values in your "background" sections. These are necessary to understand your Runtime material. Rely on the UQuIC foundation more.
• Make code section interactive. Turn it into a guided activity. Have reader fill in code themselves. Small additions by reader are still very valuable. Make problem easier as needed
• Reduce formality. Rely on intuitive concepts ("expectation values are the average value of the observable when measuring..."). Use only a little set theory notation.
• Mathematical Rigor section is almost entirely unnecessary. Only one or two theorems needed. State the theorem in clear, perhaps informal language, followed by proof, so that reader can get theorem without seeing proof. I've suggested a simplified proof in one of comments.

[vabarbosa]

thank you!