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PauliFeatureMap

class qiskit.circuit.library.PauliFeatureMap(feature_dimension=None, reps=2, entanglement='full', alpha=2.0, paulis=None, data_map_func=None, parameter_prefix='x', insert_barriers=False, name='PauliFeatureMap')

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Bases: NLocal

The Pauli Expansion circuit.

The Pauli Expansion circuit is a data encoding circuit that transforms input data xRn\vec{x} \in \mathbb{R}^n, where n is the feature_dimension, as

UΦ(x)=exp(iSIϕS(x)iSPi).U_{\Phi(\vec{x})}=\exp\left(i\sum_{S \in \mathcal{I}} \phi_S(\vec{x})\prod_{i\in S} P_i\right).

Here, SS is a set of qubit indices that describes the connections in the feature map, I\mathcal{I} is a set containing all these index sets, and Pi{I,X,Y,Z}P_i \in \{I, X, Y, Z\}. Per default the data-mapping ϕS\phi_S is

ϕS(x)={xi if S={i}jS(πxj) if S>1.\phi_S(\vec{x}) = \begin{cases} x_i \text{ if } S = \{i\} \\ \prod_{j \in S} (\pi - x_j) \text{ if } |S| > 1 \end{cases}.

The possible connections can be set using the entanglement and paulis arguments. For example, for single-qubit ZZ rotations and two-qubit YYYY interactions between all qubit pairs, we can set:

feature_map = PauliFeatureMap(..., paulis=["Z", "YY"], entanglement="full")

which will produce blocks of the form

┌───┐┌──────────────┐┌──────────┐                                             ┌───────────┐
┤ H ├┤ U1(2.0*x[0]) ├┤ RX(pi/2) ├──■───────────────────────────────────────■──┤ RX(-pi/2)
├───┤├──────────────┤├──────────┤┌─┴─┐┌─────────────────────────────────┐┌─┴─┐├───────────┤
┤ H ├┤ U1(2.0*x[1]) ├┤ RX(pi/2) ├┤ X ├┤ U1(2.0*(pi - x[0])*(pi - x[1])) ├┤ X ├┤ RX(-pi/2)
└───┘└──────────────┘└──────────┘└───┘└─────────────────────────────────┘└───┘└───────────┘

The circuit contains reps repetitions of this transformation.

Please refer to ZFeatureMap for the case of single-qubit Pauli-ZZ rotations and to ZZFeatureMap for the single- and two-qubit Pauli-ZZ rotations.

Examples

>>> prep = PauliFeatureMap(2, reps=1, paulis=['ZZ'])
>>> print(prep)
     ┌───┐
q_0: ┤ H ├──■───────────────────────────────────────■──
     ├───┤┌─┴─┐┌─────────────────────────────────┐┌─┴─┐
q_1: ┤ H ├┤ X ├┤ U1(2.0*(pi - x[0])*(pi - x[1])) ├┤ X ├
     └───┘└───┘└─────────────────────────────────┘└───┘
>>> prep = PauliFeatureMap(2, reps=1, paulis=['Z', 'XX'])
>>> print(prep)
     ┌───┐┌──────────────┐┌───┐                                             ┌───┐
q_0: ┤ H ├┤ U1(2.0*x[0]) ├┤ H ├──■───────────────────────────────────────■──┤ H ├
     ├───┤├──────────────┤├───┤┌─┴─┐┌─────────────────────────────────┐┌─┴─┐├───┤
q_1: ┤ H ├┤ U1(2.0*x[1]) ├┤ H ├┤ X ├┤ U1(2.0*(pi - x[0])*(pi - x[1])) ├┤ X ├┤ H ├
     └───┘└──────────────┘└───┘└───┘└─────────────────────────────────┘└───┘└───┘
>>> prep = PauliFeatureMap(2, reps=1, paulis=['ZY'])
>>> print(prep)
     ┌───┐┌──────────┐                                             ┌───────────┐
q_0: ┤ H ├┤ RX(pi/2) ├──■───────────────────────────────────────■──┤ RX(-pi/2)
     ├───┤└──────────┘┌─┴─┐┌─────────────────────────────────┐┌─┴─┐└───────────┘
q_1: ┤ H ├────────────┤ X ├┤ U1(2.0*(pi - x[0])*(pi - x[1])) ├┤ X ├─────────────
     └───┘            └───┘└─────────────────────────────────┘└───┘
>>> from qiskit.circuit.library import EfficientSU2
>>> prep = PauliFeatureMap(3, reps=3, paulis=['Z', 'YY', 'ZXZ'])
>>> wavefunction = EfficientSU2(3)
>>> classifier = prep.compose(wavefunction)
>>> classifier.num_parameters
27
>>> classifier.count_ops()
OrderedDict([('cx', 39), ('rx', 36), ('u1', 21), ('h', 15), ('ry', 12), ('rz', 12)])

References:

[1] Havlicek et al. Supervised learning with quantum enhanced feature spaces, Nature 567, 209-212 (2019)(opens in a new tab).

Create a new Pauli expansion circuit.

Parameters


Attributes

alpha

The Pauli rotation factor (alpha).

Returns

The Pauli rotation factor.

ancillas

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

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

entanglement

Get the entanglement strategy.

Returns

The entanglement strategy, see get_entangler_map() for more detail on how the format is interpreted.

entanglement_blocks

feature_dimension

Returns the feature dimension (which is equal to the number of qubits).

Returns

The feature dimension of this feature map.

flatten

Returns whether the circuit is wrapped in nested gates/instructions or flattened.

global_phase

The global phase of the current circuit scope in radians.

initial_state

Return the initial state that is added in front of the n-local circuit.

Returns

The initial state.

insert_barriers

If barriers are inserted in between the layers or not.

Returns

True, if barriers are inserted in between the layers, False if not.

instances

Default value: 188

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_layers

Return the number of layers in the n-local circuit.

Returns

The number of layers in the circuit.

num_parameters

num_parameters_settable

The number of distinct parameters.

num_qubits

Returns the number of qubits in this circuit.

Returns

The number of 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(opens in a new tab) – When circuit is not scheduled.

ordered_parameters

The parameters used in the underlying circuit.

This includes float values and duplicates.

Examples

>>> # prepare circuit ...
>>> print(nlocal)
     ┌───────┐┌──────────┐┌──────────┐┌──────────┐
q_0:Ry(1) ├┤ Ry(θ[1]) ├┤ Ry(θ[1]) ├┤ Ry(θ[3])
     └───────┘└──────────┘└──────────┘└──────────┘
>>> nlocal.parameters
{Parameter(θ[1]), Parameter(θ[3])}
>>> nlocal.ordered_parameters
[1, Parameter(θ[1]), Parameter(θ[1]), Parameter(θ[3])]

Returns

The parameters objects used in the circuit.

parameter_bounds

The parameter bounds for the unbound parameters in the circuit.

Returns

A list of pairs indicating the bounds, as (lower, upper). None indicates an unbounded parameter in the corresponding direction. If None is returned, problem is fully unbounded.

parameters

paulis

The Pauli strings used in the entanglement of the qubits.

Returns

The Pauli strings as list.

preferred_init_points

The initial points for the parameters. Can be stored as initial guess in optimization.

Returns

The initial values for the parameters, or None, if none have been set.

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.

reps

The number of times rotation and entanglement block are repeated.

Returns

The number of repetitions.

rotation_blocks

The blocks in the rotation layers.

Returns

The blocks in the rotation layers.

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.


Methods

pauli_block

pauli_block(pauli_string)

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Get the Pauli block for the feature map circuit.

pauli_evolution

pauli_evolution(pauli_string, time)

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Get the evolution block for the given pauli string.

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