PrimitiveOp.primitive

property PrimitiveOp.primitive: Union[qiskit.circuit.instruction.Instruction, qiskit.circuit.quantumcircuit.QuantumCircuit, list, numpy.ndarray, scipy.sparse.base.spmatrix, qiskit.quantum_info.operators.operator.Operator, qiskit.quantum_info.operators.pauli.Pauli]

The primitive defining the underlying function of the Operator.

Return type

Union[Instruction, QuantumCircuit, list, ndarray, spmatrix, Operator, Pauli]

Returns

The primitive object.