I asked ChatGPT for a Qiskit implementation of Deutsch's algorithm. I pasted the code it returned below. Under where it says "# Apply the oracle gate", it tries to use "circuit += oracle".
Can "+=" actually be used in this fashion or some way similar?
from qiskit import QuantumCircuit, Aer, execute
# Define a function to create the Deutsch circuit
def deutsch_circuit(oracle):
# Create a quantum circuit with two qubits and one classical bit
circuit = QuantumCircuit(2, 1)
# Initialize the input qubit to |0>
circuit.x(1)
# Apply a Hadamard gate to both qubits
circuit.h(0)
circuit.h(1)
# Apply the oracle gate
circuit += oracle
# Apply another Hadamard gate to the first qubit
circuit.h(0)
# Measure the first qubit and store the result in the classical bit
circuit.measure(0, 0)
# Return the circuit
return circuit
# Define the oracle for the constant function f(x) = 0
def constant_oracle():
circuit = QuantumCircuit(2)
# Do nothing
# Return the oracle
return circuit
# Define the oracle for the balanced function f(x) = x
def balanced_oracle():
circuit = QuantumCircuit(2)
# Apply a CNOT gate with the first qubit as control and the second qubit as target
circuit.cx(0, 1)
# Return the oracle
return circuit
# Run the Deutsch algorithm with the constant function
circuit = deutsch_circuit(constant_oracle())
backend = Aer.get_backend('qasm_simulator')
result = execute(circuit, backend).result()
print(result.get_counts())
# Run the Deutsch algorithm with the balanced function
circuit = deutsch_circuit(balanced_oracle())
backend = Aer.get_backend('qasm_simulator')
result = execute(circuit, backend).result()
print(result.get_counts())
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