Lesson 101: Algorithm family selection drills
Focus
Assume every diagram must map to topology and basis gates—not textbook abstractions alone. Token Algorithm family selection drills:101 keeps neighbouring lessons differentiable.
Key ideas
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183350. - Habit: pair each job with shot budget, mitigation profile, and a calibration fingerprint you could paste.
- Guardrail: write one line about where classical cost dominated the timeline.
Deep dive notebook
Synthetic drill artefacts
VQE rehearsal card
H_SUBSPACE_TAG: VS-4
ANSATZ_BLOCKS: repetitions R=2
CLASSICAL_OPTIM: COBYLA
CONVERGENCE_GUARD: plateau_epochs > 3 ⇒ widen shot budget memo
ENERGY_CI: tracked alongside parameter shift noise
Practice
Practice Simulate degraded calibration once; screenshot how you surface it to operators. — 101 Bump literals mindset by 15.