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"""The Approximate QFT."""
from qiskit.aqua.circuits import FourierTransformCircuits as ftc
from qiskit.aqua.utils.validation import validate_min
from . import QFT
[docs]class Approximate(QFT):
"""
The Approximate QFT.
This is an Approximate Quantum Fourier Transform as
described in https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.04933.
"""
def __init__(self,
num_qubits: int,
degree: int = 0) -> None:
"""
Args:
num_qubits: The number of qubits
degree: The degree of approximation. 0 is the minimum value and causes no
approximation so will in fact be the same as a
:class:`~qiskit.aqua.components.iqfts.StandardQFT`.
"""
validate_min('num_qubits', num_qubits, 1)
validate_min('degree', degree, 0)
super().__init__()
self._num_qubits = num_qubits
self._degree = degree
def _build_circuit(self, qubits=None, circuit=None, do_swaps=True):
return ftc.construct_circuit(
circuit=circuit,
qubits=qubits,
inverse=False,
approximation_degree=self._degree,
do_swaps=do_swaps
)
def _build_matrix(self):
raise NotImplementedError