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The equality constraint 1ᵀ𝑥=𝐵 is mapped to a penalty term (1ᵀ𝑥−𝐵)² which is scaled by a parameter and subtracted from the objective function

Source: https://qiskit.org/documentation/finance/tutorials/01_portfolio_optimization.html

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  1. what does T mean in the equation?

  2. what does this mean "scaled by a parameter"

  3. Since quantum computers follow linear algebra, instead of dividing, we are subtracting the term?Is yes, why its exponent is 2?

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    $\begingroup$ T means the transpose, scaled by parameter (I think) means that the result of the penalty is being re-scaled by another number (multiplication), the exponent 2 I guess is just to make the penalty always positive and I don't understand why the dividing comment. $\endgroup$
    – R.W
    Apr 25 at 19:59

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