Max-Cut Courses & Tutorials

Courses

QWorld

QNickel: Oracular Quantum Algorithms (QWorld)

QWorld's free elementary workshop after QBronze. Jupyter notebooks on oracular algorithms: Deutsch, Deutsch-Jozsa, Bernstein-Vazirani, Simon, and Grover for Max-Cut, in Qiskit and Cirq. Self-study on GitLab, with periodic mentored workshops.

16-20 hours intermediate

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- intermediate
- 50 minutes
Solving Max-Cut with QAOA in Qiskit: A Practical Guide

Build a complete Max-Cut solver using QAOA in Qiskit Optimization. Covers graph construction with NetworkX, QuadraticProgram formulation, QAOA via MinimumEigenOptimizer, and how solution quality changes with circuit depth p.
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- intermediate
- 15 min read
Solving Optimization Problems with Qiskit Optimization

Use Qiskit's optimization module to formulate and solve combinatorial problems: Max-Cut, knapsack, and TSP using QAOA and the MinimumEigenOptimizer.
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- intermediate
- 15 min read
PennyLane QAOA Tutorial: Solve Max-Cut on a 5-Node Graph

Run QAOA on Max-Cut in PennyLane end to end: encode the graph as a cost Hamiltonian, parameterize the variational circuit, and optimize toward the maximum partition.
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- intermediate
- 20 min read
QAOA for Max-Cut in Cirq

Implement the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm to solve a small Max-Cut problem using Cirq, with parameterized circuits and classical optimization.
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- beginner
- 20 min read
Simulated Annealing with D-Wave Ocean

Use D-Wave Ocean's SimulatedAnnealingSampler to test QUBO formulations locally before committing to quantum hardware.
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