Questions tagged [qiskit]
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Qiskit: Error when importing libraries for ADMM optimizer
I would like to try and ADMM optimizer as shown in Qiskit Tutorial in Quantum Lab. Firstly, I imported necessary libraries (copy/paste from the Tutorial):
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Simulate a random quantum state time evolution in Qiskit Aqua
I am trying to evolve a quantum state through a PauliTrotterEvolution in aqua and I'm trying to do so by initializing a random state, by using ...
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How can I implement a circuit that simulates white noise on $n$ qubits?
I want to test an error model of the convex form
$$t \times \text{ideal_state} + (1-t)\times \text{noisy_circuit}.$$
In terms of density matrices, this would look like
$$t\rho_{\text{idealState}}+(1-t)...
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How to perform a time evolution of a quantum state with Qiskit Aqua?
How can we perform a time evolution of a quantum state for a given Hamiltonian with qiskit Aqua operator flow? I'm interested in it due to its higher efficiency.
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Can I get the job variable from the job_id？
Suppose I run the following code：
job = execute(qc, backend = backend, shots = 1024, optimization_level = 0)
Then the job takes a long time to run. We know that ...
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Inconsistency in Qiskit Aqua CircuitSampler from Operator Flow
I am trying to wrap my head around Qiskit Aqua Operators and I stumbled upon this:
My code
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How can I declare a big matrix on real quantum hardware(not simulator) [closed]
How can I declare a big matrix on real quntum hardware. Because I find how I can do it on simulator but I don't find it on real hardware. Maybe can you give a link.
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How to get the CNOT error rate between 2 qubits on a given IBMQ Backend?
How can the CNOT gate error between 2 qubits as shown on visual qubit coupling map on the IBMQ Dashboard be retrieved in Qiskit using the BackendProperties....
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Qiskit density_matrix simulator and memory_profiler
I use jupyter notebook to simulate quantum dummpy code with 'density_matrix' method. Following is my code.
Now, I want to check memory usage of it. So I use %memit operation to each functions.
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Unable to instantiate provider for research account locally
When I run IBMQ.load_account(). I have the error information:
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Converting 'string' to a function/gate in QisKit
I want to give a list of Quantum gates in a .txt file from user an apply them to a Quantum circuit but the gates in notepad .txt file have 'string' type while in Qiskit I need functions/methods. For ...
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How to re-execute failed jobs in qiskit?
When executing a batch of circuits using the IBMQJobManager and attempting to combine all the results of all jobs with combine_results I get the ...
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Different result between Q# and Qiskit
I'm running a search program with custom initial state. I wrote a program in Q# and one in Qiskit but I get different results even if the code seems to be peforming the same operations. The Q# result ...
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Qiskit implementation for MPS
Now, I'm implementing Matrix product state method with QasmSimulation in Qiskit.
following code
The problem arise when I set number of qubits. When running it with 27qubits is very fast
but, for 24, ...
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Generate a random bit sequence of 512 bits [duplicate]
How can I generate a random bit sequence of 512 bits on IBM Q experience using 3 or 5 qubits? Putting a hadammard gate and measuring would only give me smaller bit sequence due to limitation in number ...
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Generate a 3-qubit SWAP unitary in terms of elementary gates
I wish to generate the following unitary
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What is the convention of indices for the one and two-body integrals in qiskit
I was able to calculate the one and two-body integrals for the H2 with the following code
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Custom Gate/Instruction with classical bits in Qiskit
In Qiskit, I need to define a custom gate or instruction that, once decomposed, turns into a series of basis gates, including measurements and classically controlled gates (this is the part that I can'...
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How can I use the quantum volume to design the scale of my experiment?
I am designing an experiment which involves solving a linear system of equations of the form $Ax=b$. To do this, I am using the HHL algorithm on the IBMQ system. My experiment is scalable such that ...
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Quadratic optimization in Qiskit: Error when QuadraticProgram with quadratic constraint converted to QUBO
I prepared a quadratic optimization task with binary and integer variables and linear and quadratic constraints. I fed it into QuadraticProgram in Qiskit. After ...
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Hadamard gate for three qubits; inconsistency between IBM and Matlab
I am trying to build a large and quite complex three qubit quantum circuit on IBMs quantum computer. I have a specific unitary which I am trying to implement and I am building a circuit following the ...
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My IBMQ job hangs forever?
I am running a very simple script just to learn how to use IBMQ, but my job will hang indefinitely and I am forced to terminate it.
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How can I convert the unitary matrix $e^\frac{i\pi}{2}$ into a quantum circuit in Qiskit?
How can I put the unitary matrix $$e^\frac{i\pi}{2}I$$ to the quantum circuit?
I don't know if it is belong to $$U3(\theta, \phi, \lambda), U2(\phi, \lambda), U1(\lambda)$$
Thanks a lot.
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How to get state vector from QasmSimulator in Qiskit
I'm currently able to get state vector in Qiskit using state_vector backend using something like :
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Is it required to input full matrix when using Qiskit HHL algorithm for sparse matrices?
I am working with a very sparse matrix and it seems inefficient to load the full matrix as input into the Qiskit HHL algorithm. Is it possible to input only the non-zero elements, instead ? I am ...
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Can one use a quantum circuit as a pathfinding algorithm?
I've been learning about quantum computing, and I noticed that another way to describe the state vector is as a path in a binary tree where each level of tree represents another qubit, each node ...
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Google Colab - ImportError: The class MatplotlibDrawer needs pylatexenc
When I run the following command
qc.draw(output='mpl')
for my circuit qc, I get this error:
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How to code a projector operator in qiskit?
I'm new to qiskit and I want to know how do I define a projector operator in qiskit? Specifically, I have prepared a 3 qubit system, and after applying a whole lot of gates and measuring it in a state ...
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Test equivalence of circuits exactly on qiskit
I have two circuits that I believe are equivalent. How can one check this on qiskit? Currently, I am executing both circuits and verifying that the counts are close (which they are) but I would like ...
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Is there a way to generate random circuits in qiskit with only certain allowed gates?
It seems like I can use https://qiskit.org/documentation/stubs/qiskit.circuit.random.random_circuit.html but I would like to control the gates that are allowed.
What is an efficient way to make random ...
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Why are there 2 different versions of qiskit installed in anaconda?
When running pip show qiskit-ibmq-provider in the Anaconda Prompt I get the following:
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What is the significance of varying the number of shots while running a circuit in a quantum machine and qasm simulator?
what is the significance of varying the number of shots while running a circuit in a quantum machine and qasm simulator?
Does more number of shots give better/accurate result?
I am running a simple 2 ...
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Deriving Expression For QAOA Optimal Trial State Parameters
I am going through the QAOA section in the Qiskit Textbook - QAOA and am stuck in one of the steps. In section 5.2, the method for getting the Optimal Trial State Parameters are discussed. I do not ...
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Is the combine_results method deprecated in qiskit v0.20.0
According to the ManagedResults Documentation the class has a combine_results method, however when attempting to use it as follows:
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How many shots are executed when using the IBMQJobManager?
When using qiskit execute it is possible to stipulate the number of shots for each experiment/...
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quantum random number generator implementation in quantum lab
How can I generate and print a 32 bit sequence of 0s and 1s in Qiskit or IBM Q experience quantum lab using quantum random number generator implementation?
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How to initialise a qubit in the state $\frac{1}{\sqrt2}(|0\rangle+|1\rangle)$ in qiskit?
In qiskit, how can I initialise a qubit in a complex state, specifically in the state:
$$\left|q\right> = \frac{1}{\sqrt2} \left|0\right> + i \frac{1}{\sqrt2} \left|1\right>$$
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How to execute many circuits on an IBMQ backend?
I attempted to execute a list of $3200$ QuantumCircuits in Qiskit, each with the max_shots ...
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Having trouble finding angles for Bloch vector
I am doing the 5th exercise on https://qiskit.org/textbook/ch-states/representing-qubit-states.html#Quick-Exercise (all the way at the bottom).
Which states find the angle for the vector $\frac{1}{\...
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Qiskit: Add a standard gate to circuit from a string
Given a circuit, if one wishes to add a gate, it is done through a line like the one below
mycircuit.cx(0, 1)
Here, we have added a control-X gate on the 0 and 1 ...
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What is the advantage of QSVM over the classical SVM?
I am mainly talking about QSVM from Qiskit (https://qiskit.org/documentation/stubs/qiskit.aqua.algorithms.QSVM.html#qiskit.aqua.algorithms.QSVM) versus a classical SVM. Is it just a time complexity ...
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Error associated with HTTPSConnectionPool
How can I solve this situation?
I'm using the IBMQX2 chip. When I run my simulation some circuits are executed and the following WARNING message is displayed:
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Qiskit: Get gates from circuit object
Is there a way in Qiskit to take a circuit object and return a list of tuples where each tuple consists of a gate and the qubit(s) they act on? The list obeys some partial order since the gate order ...
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Error while running Qiskit code on real quantum hardware
I started to learn Qiskit, so sorry if my question is very basic. So far I used qasm_simulator or state_vectorsimulator, ...
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QiskitError: 'No statevector for experiment
This is the code that I have used. Why can't i use get_statevecto when i use quantum computer. I got a state_vector when i have used qasm_simulator.
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qiskit - MCMT - base gate acting on only one qubit
I want to reduce the depth of a ucrz gate acting on multiple qubits with ancilla qubits in qiskit. One way to do this could be the mcmt implementation with ...
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How do I compute the fidelity on the IBM Q using qiskit without the statevector simulator?
I want to compare the fidelity of a circuit implemented on IBMQ Santiago with the ideal circuit simulated using the statevector backend. Is there a way to do this? So far I have only seen examples ...
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How to remove last n layers of Quantum Circuit in Qiskit?
Let's say I have a QuantumCircuit with depth $d$ layers. How can I generate a new ...
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Getting an error running a program in IBM Q Experience Quantum lab
Running the program in Quantum Lab, it shows error. I am looking for solution.
Here is a code I run:
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