qiskit.aqua.operators.expectations.AerPauliExpectation

class AerPauliExpectation

An Expectation converter for using Aer’s operator snapshot to take expectations of quantum state circuits over Pauli observables.

__init__()

Initialize self. See help(type(self)) for accurate signature.

Methods

__init__()	Initialize self.
compute_variance(exp_op)	Compute the variance of the expectation estimator.
convert(operator)	Accept an Operator and return a new Operator with the Pauli measurements replaced by AerSnapshot-based expectation circuits.

compute_variance(exp_op)

Compute the variance of the expectation estimator. Because Aer takes this expectation with matrix multiplication, the estimation is exact and the variance is always 0, but we need to return those values in a way which matches the Operator’s structure.

Parameter

exp_op (OperatorBase) – The full expectation value Operator after sampling.

Rückgabetyp

Union[list, float]

Rückgabe

The variances or lists thereof (if exp_op contains ListOps) of the expectation value estimation, equal to 0.

convert(operator)

Accept an Operator and return a new Operator with the Pauli measurements replaced by AerSnapshot-based expectation circuits.

Parameter

operator (OperatorBase) – The operator to convert.

Rückgabetyp

OperatorBase

Rückgabe

The converted operator.