| VQE | Variational Quantum Eigensolver |
| STO-3G | Slater-type Orbital basis set with each orbital expanded into 3 Gaussian functions. |
| 6-31G | A double-zeta basis set, which uses six primitive Gaussians to describe each core |
| atomic orbital. Further, each valence orbital is described by two basis functions. | |
| The first one is composed of a linear combination of 3 primitive Gaussian functions | |
| and the other one is composed of a single primitive Gaussian function. | |
| SPSA | Simultaneous Perturbation Stochastic Approximation |