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ZZFeatureMap

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

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Bases: PauliFeatureMap

Second-order Pauli-Z evolution circuit.

For 3 qubits and 1 repetition and linear entanglement the circuit is represented by:

┌───┐┌────────────────┐
┤ H ├┤ P(2.0*φ(x[0])) ├──■───────────────────────────■───────────────────────────────────
├───┤├────────────────┤┌─┴─┐┌─────────────────────┐┌─┴─┐
┤ H ├┤ P(2.0*φ(x[1])) ├┤ X ├┤ P(2.0*φ(x[0],x[1])) ├┤ X ├──■───────────────────────────■──
├───┤├────────────────┤└───┘└─────────────────────┘└───┘┌─┴─┐┌─────────────────────┐┌─┴─┐
┤ H ├┤ P(2.0*φ(x[2])) ├─────────────────────────────────┤ X ├┤ P(2.0*φ(x[1],x[2])) ├┤ X ├
└───┘└────────────────┘                                 └───┘└─────────────────────┘└───┘

where φ\varphi is a classical non-linear function, which defaults to φ(x)=x\varphi(x) = x if and φ(x,y)=(πx)(πy)\varphi(x,y) = (\pi - x)(\pi - y).

Examples:

from qiskit.circuit.library import ZZFeatureMap
prep = ZZFeatureMap(2, reps=1)
print(prep.decompose())
     ┌───┐┌─────────────┐
q_0: ┤ H ├┤ P(2.0*x[0]) ├──■──────────────────────────────────────■──
     ├───┤├─────────────┤┌─┴─┐┌────────────────────────────────┐┌─┴─┐
q_1: ┤ H ├┤ P(2.0*x[1]) ├┤ X ├┤ P(2.0*(pi - x[0])*(pi - x[1])) ├┤ X ├
     └───┘└─────────────┘└───┘└────────────────────────────────┘└───┘
from qiskit.circuit.library import EfficientSU2
classifier = ZZFeatureMap(3).compose(EfficientSU2(3))
classifier.num_parameters
27
classifier.parameters  # 'x' for the data preparation, 'θ' for the SU2 parameters
ParameterView([
    ParameterVectorElement(x[0]), ParameterVectorElement(x[1]),
    ParameterVectorElement(x[2]), ParameterVectorElement(θ[0]),
    ParameterVectorElement(θ[1]), ParameterVectorElement(θ[2]),
    ParameterVectorElement(θ[3]), ParameterVectorElement(θ[4]),
    ParameterVectorElement(θ[5]), ParameterVectorElement(θ[6]),
    ParameterVectorElement(θ[7]), ParameterVectorElement(θ[8]),
    ParameterVectorElement(θ[9]), ParameterVectorElement(θ[10]),
    ParameterVectorElement(θ[11]), ParameterVectorElement(θ[12]),
    ParameterVectorElement(θ[13]), ParameterVectorElement(θ[14]),
    ParameterVectorElement(θ[15]), ParameterVectorElement(θ[16]),
    ParameterVectorElement(θ[17]), ParameterVectorElement(θ[18]),
    ParameterVectorElement(θ[19]), ParameterVectorElement(θ[20]),
    ParameterVectorElement(θ[21]), ParameterVectorElement(θ[22]),
    ParameterVectorElement(θ[23])
])
classifier.count_ops()
OrderedDict([('ZZFeatureMap', 1), ('EfficientSU2', 1)])

Create a new second-order Pauli-Z expansion.

Deprecated since version 1.3_pending

The class qiskit.circuit.library.data_preparation._zz_feature_map.ZZFeatureMap is pending deprecation as of qiskit 1.3. It will be marked deprecated in a future release, and then removed no earlier than 3 months after the release date. Use the z_feature_map function as a replacement. Note that this will no longer return a BlueprintCircuit, but just a plain QuantumCircuit.

Parameters

  • feature_dimension (int) – Number of features.
  • reps (int) – The number of repeated circuits, has a min. value of 1.
  • entanglement (str |Dict[int, List[Tuple[int]]] | Callable[[int], str |Dict[int, List[Tuple[int]]]]) – Specifies the entanglement structure. Refer to PauliFeatureMap for detail.
  • data_map_func (Callable[[ndarray], float] | None) – A mapping function for data x.
  • parameter_prefix (str) – The prefix used if default parameters are generated.
  • insert_barriers (bool) – If True, barriers are inserted in between the evolution instructions and hadamard layers.
  • name (str) –

Raises

ValueError – If the feature dimension is smaller than 2.


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}}

Deprecated since version 1.3

The property qiskit.circuit.quantumcircuit.QuantumCircuit.calibrations is deprecated as of Qiskit 1.3. It will be removed in Qiskit 2.0. The entire Qiskit Pulse package is being deprecated and will be moved to the Qiskit Dynamics repository: https://github.com/qiskit-community/qiskit-dynamics. Note that once removed, qiskit.circuit.quantumcircuit.QuantumCircuit.calibrations will have no alternative in Qiskit.

clbits

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

data

The circuit data (instructions and context).

Returns

a list-like object containing the CircuitInstructions for each instruction.

Return type

QuantumCircuitData

duration

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

Deprecated since version 1.3.0

The property qiskit.circuit.quantumcircuit.QuantumCircuit.duration is deprecated as of qiskit 1.3.0. It will be removed in Qiskit 2.0.0.

entanglement

Get the entanglement strategy.

Returns

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

entanglement_blocks

The blocks in the entanglement layers.

Returns

The blocks in the entanglement layers.

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: 161

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

The number of parameter objects in the circuit.

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 – 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

The parameters defined in the circuit.

This attribute returns the Parameter objects in the circuit sorted alphabetically. Note that parameters instantiated with a ParameterVector are still sorted numerically.

Examples

The snippet below shows that insertion order of parameters does not matter.

>>> from qiskit.circuit import QuantumCircuit, Parameter
>>> a, b, elephant = Parameter("a"), Parameter("b"), Parameter("elephant")
>>> circuit = QuantumCircuit(1)
>>> circuit.rx(b, 0)
>>> circuit.rz(elephant, 0)
>>> circuit.ry(a, 0)
>>> circuit.parameters  # sorted alphabetically!
ParameterView([Parameter(a), Parameter(b), Parameter(elephant)])

Bear in mind that alphabetical sorting might be unintuitive when it comes to numbers. The literal “10” comes before “2” in strict alphabetical sorting.

>>> from qiskit.circuit import QuantumCircuit, Parameter
>>> angles = [Parameter("angle_1"), Parameter("angle_2"), Parameter("angle_10")]
>>> circuit = QuantumCircuit(1)
>>> circuit.u(*angles, 0)
>>> circuit.draw()
   ┌─────────────────────────────┐
q:U(angle_1,angle_2,angle_10)
   └─────────────────────────────┘
>>> circuit.parameters
ParameterView([Parameter(angle_1), Parameter(angle_10), Parameter(angle_2)])

To respect numerical sorting, a ParameterVector can be used.

>>> from qiskit.circuit import QuantumCircuit, Parameter, ParameterVector
>>> x = ParameterVector("x", 12)
>>> circuit = QuantumCircuit(1)
>>> for x_i in x:
...     circuit.rx(x_i, 0)
>>> circuit.parameters
ParameterView([
    ParameterVectorElement(x[0]), ParameterVectorElement(x[1]),
    ParameterVectorElement(x[2]), ParameterVectorElement(x[3]),
    ..., ParameterVectorElement(x[11])
])

Returns

The sorted Parameter objects in the circuit.

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.

unit

The unit that duration is specified in.

Deprecated since version 1.3.0

The property qiskit.circuit.quantumcircuit.QuantumCircuit.unit is deprecated as of qiskit 1.3.0. It will be removed in Qiskit 2.0.0.

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.

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