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MatrixExponential

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Bases: EvolutionSynthesis

Exact operator evolution via matrix exponentiation and unitary synthesis.

This class synthesis the exponential of operators by calculating their exponentially-sized matrix representation and using exact matrix exponentiation followed by unitary synthesis to obtain a circuit. This process is not scalable and serves as comparison or benchmark for small systems.


Attributes

settings

Return the settings in a dictionary, which can be used to reconstruct the object.

Returns

A dictionary containing the settings of this product formula.

Raises

NotImplementedError(opens in a new tab) – The interface does not implement this method.


Methods

synthesize

synthesize(evolution)

Synthesize an qiskit.circuit.library.PauliEvolutionGate.

Parameters

evolution (PauliEvolutionGate) – The evolution gate to synthesize.

Returns

A circuit implementing the evolution.

Return type

QuantumCircuit

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