Source code for qecc.constraint_solvers

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
##
# constraint_solvers.py: Solvers for various pc.Pauli and Clifford constraint
#     problems.
##
# © 2012 Christopher E. Granade (cgranade@gmail.pc.com) and
#     Ben Criger (bcriger@gmail.pc.com).
# This file is a part of the QuaEC project.
# Licensed under the AGPL version 3.
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## ALL ##

__all__ = [
    'solve_commutation_constraints'
]

## IMPORTS ##
from sys import version_info
if version_info[0] == 3:
    PY3 = True
    from importlib import reload
elif version_info[0] == 2:
    PY3 = False
else:
    raise EnvironmentError("sys.version_info refers to a version of "
        "Python neither 2 nor 3. This is not permitted. "
        "sys.version_info = {}".format(version_info))

if PY3:
    from . import PauliClass as pc
    from .paulicollections import PauliList
    from .pred import AllPredicate
else:
    import PauliClass as pc
    from paulicollections import PauliList
    from pred import AllPredicate

## FUNCTIONS ##

[docs]def solve_commutation_constraints( commutation_constraints=[], anticommutation_constraints=[], search_in_gens=None, search_in_set=None ): r""" Given commutation constraints on a Pauli operator, yields an iterator onto all solutions of those constraints. :param commutation_constraints: A list of operators :math:`\{A_i\}` such that each solution :math:`P` yielded by this function must satisfy :math:`[A_i, P] = 0` for all :math:`i`. :param anticommutation_constraints: A list of operators :math:`\{B_i\}` such that each solution :math:`P` yielded by this function must satisfy :math:`\{B_i, P\} = 0` for all :math:`i`. :param search_in_gens: A list of operators :math:`\{N_i\}` that generate the group in which to search for solutions. If ``None``, defaults to the elementary generators of the pc.Pauli group on :math:`n` qubits, where :math:`n` is given by the length of the commutation and anticommutation constraints. :param search_in_set: An iterable of operators to which the search for satisfying assignments is restricted. This differs from ``search_in_gens`` in that it specifies the entire set, not a generating set. When this parameter is specified, a brute-force search is executed. Use only when the search set is small, and cannot be expressed using its generating set. :returns: An iterator ``it`` such that ``list(it)`` contains all operators within the group :math:`G = \langle N_1, \dots, N_k \rangle` given by ``search_in_gens``, consistent with the commutation and anticommutation constraints. This function is based on finding the generators of the centralizer groups of each commutation constraint, and is thus faster than a predicate-based search over the entire group of interest. The resulting iterator can be used in conjunction with other filters, however. >>> import qecc as q >>> list(q.solve_commutation_constraints(q.PauliList('XXI', 'IZZ', 'IYI'), q.PauliList('YIY'))) [i^0 XII, i^0 IIZ, i^0 YYX, i^0 ZYY] >>> from itertools import ifilter >>> list(ifilter(lambda P: P.wt <= 2, q.solve_commutation_constraints(q.PauliList('XXI', 'IZZ', 'IYI'), q.PauliList('YIY')))) [i^0 XII, i^0 IIZ] """ # Normalize our arguments to be PauliLists, so that we can obtain # centralizers easily. if not isinstance(commutation_constraints, PauliList): commutation_constraints = PauliList(commutation_constraints) if not isinstance(anticommutation_constraints, PauliList): # This is probably not necessary, strictly speaking, but it keeps me # slightly more sane to have both constraints represented by the same # sequence type. anticommutation_constraints = PauliList(anticommutation_constraints) # Then check that the arguments make sense. if len(commutation_constraints) == 0 and len(anticommutation_constraints) == 0: raise ValueError("At least one constraint must be specified.") #We default to executing a brute-force search if the search set is #explicitly specified: if search_in_set is not None: commutation_predicate = AllPredicate(*[(lambda P: pc.com(P, acc) == 0) for acc in commutation_constraints]) commuters = list(filter(commutation_predicate, search_in_set)) anticommutation_predicate = AllPredicate(*[(lambda P: pc.com(P, acc) == 1) for acc in anticommutation_constraints]) return list(filter(anticommutation_predicate, commuters)) # We finish putting arguments in the right form by defaulting to searching # over the pc.Pauli group on $n$ qubits. if search_in_gens is None: nq = len(commutation_constraints[0] if len(commutation_constraints) > 0 else anticommutation_constraints[0]) Xs, Zs = pc.elem_gens(nq) search_in_gens = Xs + Zs # Now we update our search by restricting to the centralizer of the # commutation constraints. search_in_gens = commutation_constraints.centralizer_gens(group_gens=search_in_gens) # Finally, we return a filter iterator on the elements of the given # centralizer that selects elements which anticommute appropriately. anticommutation_predicate = AllPredicate(*[(lambda P: pc.com(P, acc) == 1) for acc in anticommutation_constraints]) assert len(search_in_gens) > 0 return filter(anticommutation_predicate, pc.from_generators(search_in_gens))