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qiskit.quantum_info.pauli_basis

qiskit.quantum_info.pauli_basis(num_qubits, weight=False)

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Return the ordered PauliList for the n-qubit Pauli basis.

Parameters

  • num_qubits (int) – number of qubits
  • weight (bool) – if True optionally return the basis sorted by Pauli weight rather than lexicographic order (Default: False)

Returns

the Paulis for the basis

Return type

PauliList

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