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QDrift

class QDrift(reps=1)

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Bases: qiskit.opflow.evolutions.trotterizations.trotterization_base.TrotterizationBase

The QDrift Trotterization method, which selects each each term in the Trotterization randomly, with a probability proportional to its weight. Based on the work of Earl Campbell in https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.08017.

Parameters

reps (int) – The number of times to repeat the Trotterization circuit.


Methods Defined Here

convert

QDrift.convert(operator)

Convert a SummedOp into a ComposedOp or CircuitOp representing an approximation of e^-i*``op_sum``.

Parameters

operator (OperatorBase) – The SummedOp to evolve.

Return type

OperatorBase

Returns

The Operator approximating op_sum’s evolution.

Raises

TypeError – A non-SummedOps Operator is passed into convert.


Attributes

reps

The number of repetitions to use in the Trotterization, improving the approximation accuracy.

Return type

int

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