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Along an adiabatic schedule s[0,1]s \in [0, 1], the instantaneous spectral gap is δ(s)=2(1s)2+s2\delta(s) = 2\sqrt{(1 - s)^2 + s^2}. The minimum gap occurs at s=1/2s = 1/2. What is the minimum gap value?