Source code for qiskit.quantum_info.operators.symplectic.pauli_utils

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"""
PauliTable utility functions.
"""

import numpy as np
from .pauli_table import PauliTable


[docs]def pauli_basis(num_qubits, weight=False):
    """Return the ordered PauliTable for the n-qubit Pauli basis.

    Args:
        num_qubits (int): number of qubits
        weight (bool): if True optionally return the basis sorted by Pauli weight
                       rather than lexicographic order (Default: False)

    Returns:
        PauliTable: the PauliTable for the basis
    """
    pauli_1q = PauliTable(
        np.array([[False, False], [True, False], [True, True], [False, True]], dtype=bool)
    )
    if num_qubits == 1:
        return pauli_1q
    pauli = pauli_1q
    for _ in range(num_qubits - 1):
        pauli = pauli_1q.tensor(pauli)
    if weight:
        return pauli.sort(weight=True)
    return pauli