Source code for mitiq.observable.observable

# Copyright (C) Unitary Fund
#
# This source code is licensed under the GPL license (v3) found in the
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import copy
from collections import defaultdict
from numbers import Number
from typing import Any, Callable, Iterable, List, Optional, Set, Union, cast

import cirq
import numpy as np
import numpy.typing as npt

from mitiq import QPROGRAM, MeasurementResult, QuantumResult
from mitiq.observable.pauli import PauliString, PauliStringCollection


[docs] class Observable: """A quantum observable typically used to compute its mitigated expectation value. Args: paulis: PauliStrings used to define the observable. """ def __init__(self, *paulis: PauliString) -> None: self._paulis = _combine_duplicate_pauli_strings(paulis) self._groups: List[PauliStringCollection] self._ngroups: int self.partition() @staticmethod def from_pauli_string_collections( *pauli_string_collections: PauliStringCollection, ) -> "Observable": obs = Observable() obs._groups = list(pauli_string_collections) obs._ngroups = len(pauli_string_collections) obs._paulis = [ pauli for pauli_string_collection in pauli_string_collections for pauli in pauli_string_collection.elements ] return obs @property def nterms(self) -> int: return len(self._paulis) def _qubits(self) -> Set[cirq.Qid]: """Returns all qubits acted on by the Observable.""" return {q for pauli in self._paulis for q in pauli._pauli.qubits} @property def paulis(self) -> List[PauliString]: return self._paulis @property def qubit_indices(self) -> List[int]: return [cast(cirq.LineQubit, q).x for q in sorted(self._qubits())] @property def nqubits(self) -> int: return len(self.qubit_indices) def __mul__( self, other: Union["Observable", "PauliString", Number] ) -> "Observable": if isinstance(other, (PauliString, Number)): return Observable(*[pauli * other for pauli in self._paulis]) elif isinstance(other, Observable): return Observable( *[ pauli * other_pauli for pauli in self._paulis for other_pauli in other._paulis ] ) return NotImplemented def __rmul__(self, other: Union["PauliString", Number]) -> "Observable": if isinstance(other, (PauliString, Number)): return Observable(*[other * pauli for pauli in self._paulis]) return NotImplemented @property def groups(self) -> List[PauliStringCollection]: return self._groups @property def ngroups(self) -> int: return self._ngroups def partition(self, seed: Optional[int] = None) -> None: rng = np.random.RandomState(seed) psets: List[PauliStringCollection] = [] paulis = copy.deepcopy(self._paulis) rng.shuffle(paulis) # type: ignore while paulis: pauli = paulis.pop() added = False for i, pset in enumerate(psets): if pset.can_add(pauli): pset.add(pauli) added = True break if not added: psets.append(PauliStringCollection(pauli)) self._groups = psets self._ngroups = len(self._groups) def measure_in(self, circuit: QPROGRAM) -> List[QPROGRAM]: return [pset.measure_in(circuit) for pset in self._groups]
[docs] def matrix( self, qubit_indices: Optional[List[int]] = None, ) -> npt.NDArray[np.complex64]: """Returns the (potentially very large) matrix of the Observable.""" if qubit_indices is None: qubit_indices = self.qubit_indices n = len(qubit_indices) obs_matrix = np.zeros(shape=(2**n, 2**n), dtype=np.complex64) for pauli in self._paulis: obs_matrix += pauli.matrix(qubit_indices_to_include=qubit_indices) return obs_matrix
def expectation( self, circuit: QPROGRAM, execute: Callable[[QPROGRAM], QuantumResult] ) -> complex: from mitiq.executor import Executor # Avoid circular import. return Executor(execute).evaluate(circuit, observable=self)[0] def _expectation_from_measurements( self, measurements: List[MeasurementResult] ) -> float: return sum( pset._expectation_from_measurements(bitstrings) for (pset, bitstrings) in zip(self._groups, measurements) ) def _expectation_from_density_matrix( self, density_matrix: npt.NDArray[np.complex64] ) -> float: observable_matrix = self.matrix() if density_matrix.shape != observable_matrix.shape: nqubits = int(np.log2(density_matrix.shape[0])) density_matrix = cirq.partial_trace( np.reshape(density_matrix, newshape=[2, 2] * nqubits), keep_indices=self.qubit_indices, ).reshape(observable_matrix.shape) return np.real_if_close( np.trace(density_matrix @ observable_matrix) ).item() def __str__(self) -> str: return " + ".join(map(str, self._paulis)) def __eq__(self, other: Any) -> bool: return np.allclose(self.matrix(), other.matrix())
def _combine_duplicate_pauli_strings( paulis: Iterable[PauliString], ) -> List[PauliString]: """Combines duplicate PauliStrings by adding their coefficients. Discards paulis with zero coefficients. Returns: deduped list of PauliStrings. """ pauli_string_coefficients: defaultdict[PauliString, complex] = defaultdict( complex ) for pauli_string in paulis: cache_key = pauli_string.with_coeff(1) pauli_string_coefficients[cache_key] += pauli_string.coeff return [ pauli_string.with_coeff(coeff) for (pauli_string, coeff) in pauli_string_coefficients.items() if not np.isclose(coeff, 0.0) ]