Source code for qiskit_algorithms.time_evolvers.variational.variational_principles.imaginary_variational_principle

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"""Abstract class for an Imaginary Variational Principle."""

from abc import ABC

from .variational_principle import VariationalPrinciple


class ImaginaryVariationalPrinciple(VariationalPrinciple, ABC):
    """Abstract class for an Imaginary Variational Principle. The imaginary variant
    means that we consider imaginary time dynamics."""