Alexander Kliesch

		Alexander Kliesch Zentrum Mathematik, M5 Technische Universität München Boltzmannstrasse 3 85748 Garching
		Office: 03.12.040 Phone: +49 89 289-18409 E-Mail: klieschma.tum.de

Research

• Quantum Approximation Algorithms
• Product State Approximation
• Hardness of Approximation in the Quantum setting

Teaching

• Winter Term 2020/21: Tutor for Mathematics for Physicists 2 (Analysis 1) (MA9202)
• Summer Term 2020: Tutor for Differential- and Integral Calculus for MSE (MA9802)
• Summer Term 2020: Assistant for Workshop: Presenting Mathematics (MA6002)
• Winter Term 2019/20: Tutor for Functional Analysis (MA3001)

Publications

• Hybrid quantum-classical algorithms for approximate graph coloring (with Sergey Bravyi, Robert König, and Eugene Tang; arXiv preprint, 2020 )
• Obstacles to Variational Quantum Optimization from Symmetry Protection  (with Sergey Bravyi, Robert König, and Eugene Tang; Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 260505 (2020); arXiv preprint, 2019 )
• Continuum Limits of Homogeneous Binary Trees and the Thompson Group  (with Robert König; Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 010601 (2020); arXiv preprint, 2018 )