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PiecewiseChebyshev

class qiskit.circuit.library.PiecewiseChebyshev(f_x, degree=None, breakpoints=None, num_state_qubits=None, name='pw_cheb')

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Bases: BlueprintCircuit

Piecewise Chebyshev approximation to an input function.

For a given function f(x)f(x) and degree dd, this class implements a piecewise polynomial Chebyshev approximation on nn qubits to f(x)f(x) on the given intervals. All the polynomials in the approximation are of degree dd.

The values of the parameters are calculated according to [1] and see [2] for a more detailed explanation of the circuit construction and how it acts on the qubits.

Examples

import numpy as np
from qiskit import QuantumCircuit
from qiskit.circuit.library.arithmetic.piecewise_chebyshev import PiecewiseChebyshev
f_x, degree, breakpoints, num_state_qubits = lambda x: np.arcsin(1 / x), 2, [2, 4], 2
pw_approximation = PiecewiseChebyshev(f_x, degree, breakpoints, num_state_qubits)
pw_approximation._build()
qc = QuantumCircuit(pw_approximation.num_qubits)
qc.h(list(range(num_state_qubits)))
qc.append(pw_approximation.to_instruction(), qc.qubits)
qc.draw(output='mpl')
../_images/qiskit-circuit-library-PiecewiseChebyshev-1.png

References

[1]: Haener, T., Roetteler, M., & Svore, K. M. (2018).

Optimizing Quantum Circuits for Arithmetic. arXiv:1805.12445

[2]: Carrera Vazquez, A., Hiptmair, H., & Woerner, S. (2022).

Enhancing the Quantum Linear Systems Algorithm Using Richardson Extrapolation. ACM Transactions on Quantum Computing 3, 1, Article 2

Parameters

  • f_x (float | Callable[[int], float]) – the function to be approximated. Constant functions should be specified as f_x = constant.
  • degree (int | None) – the degree of the polynomials. Defaults to 1.
  • breakpoints (list[int] | None) – the breakpoints to define the piecewise-linear function. Defaults to the full interval.
  • num_state_qubits (int | None) – number of qubits representing the state.
  • name (str) – The name of the circuit object.

Attributes

ancillas

A list of AncillaQubits in the order that they were added. You should not mutate this.

breakpoints

The breakpoints for the piecewise approximation.

Returns

The breakpoints for the piecewise approximation.

calibrations

Return calibration dictionary.

The custom pulse definition of a given gate is of the form {'gate_name': {(qubits, params): schedule}}

clbits

A list of Clbits in the order that they were added. You should not mutate this.

data

degree

The degree of the polynomials.

Returns

The degree of the polynomials.

f_x

The function to be approximated.

Returns

The function to be approximated.

global_phase

The global phase of the current circuit scope in radians.

instances

Default value: 256

layout

Return any associated layout information about the circuit

This attribute contains an optional TranspileLayout object. This is typically set on the output from transpile() or PassManager.run() to retain information about the permutations caused on the input circuit by transpilation.

There are two types of permutations caused by the transpile() function, an initial layout which permutes the qubits based on the selected physical qubits on the Target, and a final layout which is an output permutation caused by SwapGates inserted during routing.

metadata

Arbitrary user-defined metadata for the circuit.

Qiskit will not examine the content of this mapping, but it will pass it through the transpiler and reattach it to the output, so you can track your own metadata.

num_ancillas

Return the number of ancilla qubits.

num_captured_vars

The number of real-time classical variables in the circuit marked as captured from an enclosing scope.

This is the length of the iter_captured_vars() iterable. If this is non-zero, num_input_vars must be zero.

num_clbits

Return number of classical bits.

num_declared_vars

The number of real-time classical variables in the circuit that are declared by this circuit scope, excluding inputs or captures.

This is the length of the iter_declared_vars() iterable.

num_input_vars

The number of real-time classical variables in the circuit marked as circuit inputs.

This is the length of the iter_input_vars() iterable. If this is non-zero, num_captured_vars must be zero.

num_parameters

num_qubits

Return number of qubits.

num_state_qubits

The number of state qubits representing the state x|x\rangle.

Returns

The number of state qubits.

num_vars

The number of real-time classical variables in the circuit.

This is the length of the iter_vars() iterable.

op_start_times

Return a list of operation start times.

This attribute is enabled once one of scheduling analysis passes runs on the quantum circuit.

Returns

List of integers representing instruction start times. The index corresponds to the index of instruction in QuantumCircuit.data.

Raises

AttributeError – When circuit is not scheduled.

parameters

polynomials

The polynomials for the piecewise approximation.

Returns

The polynomials for the piecewise approximation.

Raises

TypeError – If the input function is not in the correct format.

prefix

Default value: 'circuit'

qregs

Type: list[QuantumRegister]

A list of the QuantumRegisters in this circuit. You should not mutate this.

qubits

A list of Qubits in the order that they were added. You should not mutate this.

name

Type: str

A human-readable name for the circuit.

cregs

Type: list[ClassicalRegister]

A list of the ClassicalRegisters in this circuit. You should not mutate this.

duration

Type: int | float | None

The total duration of the circuit, set by a scheduling transpiler pass. Its unit is specified by unit.

unit

The unit that duration is specified in.

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