@InProceedings{hallgren_et_al:LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2020.59, author = {Hallgren, Sean and Lee, Eunou and Parekh, Ojas}, title = {{An Approximation Algorithm for the MAX-2-Local Hamiltonian Problem}}, booktitle = {Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial Optimization. Algorithms and Techniques (APPROX/RANDOM 2020)}, pages = {59:1--59:18}, series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)}, ISBN = {978-3-95977-164-1}, ISSN = {1868-8969}, year = {2020}, volume = {176}, editor = {Byrka, Jaros{\l}aw and Meka, Raghu}, publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik}, address = {Dagstuhl, Germany}, URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2020.59}, URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-126629}, doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.APPROX/RANDOM.2020.59}, annote = {Keywords: approximation algorithm, quantum computing, local Hamiltonian, mean-field theory, randomized rounding} }