Source code for pennylane.ops.functions.dot

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"""
This file contains the definition of the dot function, which computes the dot product between
a vector and a list of operators.
"""
from collections import defaultdict
from typing import Sequence, Union, Callable

import pennylane as qml
from pennylane.operation import Operator, Tensor
from pennylane.pulse import ParametrizedHamiltonian


def dot(
    coeffs: Sequence[Union[float, Callable]], ops: Sequence[Operator], pauli=False
) -> Union[Operator, ParametrizedHamiltonian]:
    r"""Returns the dot product between the ``coeffs`` vector and the ``ops`` list of operators.

    This function returns the following linear combination: :math:`\sum_{k} c_k O_k`, where
    :math:`c_k` and :math:`O_k` are the elements inside the ``coeffs`` and ``ops`` arguments, respectively.

    Args:
        coeffs (Sequence[float, Callable]): sequence containing the coefficients of the linear combination
        ops (Sequence[Operator]): sequence containing the operators of the linear combination
        pauli (bool, optional): If ``True``, a :class:`~.PauliSentence`
            operator is used to represent the linear combination. If False, a :class:`Sum` operator
            is returned. Defaults to ``False``.

    Raises:
        ValueError: if the number of coefficients and operators does not match or if they are empty

    Returns:
        Operator or ParametrizedHamiltonian: operator describing the linear combination

    **Example**

    >>> coeffs = np.array([1.1, 2.2])
    >>> ops = [qml.PauliX(0), qml.PauliY(0)]
    >>> qml.dot(coeffs, ops)
    (1.1*(PauliX(wires=[0]))) + (2.2*(PauliY(wires=[0])))
    >>> qml.dot(coeffs, ops, pauli=True)
    1.1 * X(0)
    + 2.2 * Y(0)

    ``pauli=True`` can be used to construct a more efficient, simplified version of the operator.
    Note that it returns a :class:`~.PauliSentence`, which is not an :class:`~.Operator`. This
    specialized representation can be converted to an operator:

    >>> qml.dot([1, 2], [qml.PauliX(0), qml.PauliX(0)], pauli=True).operation()
    3.0*(PauliX(wires=[0]))

    Using ``pauli=True`` and then converting the result to an :class:`~.Operator` is much faster
    than using ``pauli=False``, but it only works for pauli words
    (see :func:`~.is_pauli_word`).

    If any of the parameters listed in ``coeffs`` are callables, the resulting dot product will be a
    :class:`~.ParametrizedHamiltonian`:

    >>> coeffs = [lambda p, t: p * jnp.sin(t) for _ in range(2)]
    >>> ops = [qml.PauliX(0), qml.PauliY(0)]
    >>> qml.dot(coeffs, ops)
    ParametrizedHamiltonian: terms=2
    """
    if isinstance(coeffs, qml.QNodeCollection) or isinstance(ops, qml.QNodeCollection):
        return qml.collections.dot(coeffs, ops)

    if len(coeffs) != len(ops):
        raise ValueError("Number of coefficients and operators does not match.")
    if len(coeffs) == 0 and len(ops) == 0:
        raise ValueError("Cannot compute the dot product of an empty sequence.")

    if any(callable(c) for c in coeffs):
        return ParametrizedHamiltonian(coeffs, ops)

    if pauli:
        return _pauli_dot(coeffs, ops)

    # When casting a Hamiltonian to a Sum, we also cast its inner Tensors to Prods
    ops = [qml.prod(*op.obs) if isinstance(op, Tensor) else op for op in ops]

    if coeffs[0] != 1 and qml.math.allequal(coeffs[0], coeffs):
        # Coefficients have the same value (different to 1)
        return qml.s_prod(coeffs[0], ops[0] if len(ops) == 1 else qml.sum(*ops))

    abs_coeffs = qml.math.abs(coeffs)
    if abs_coeffs[0] != 1 and qml.math.allequal(abs_coeffs[0], abs_coeffs):
        # Coefficients have the same absolute value (different to 1)
        gcd = abs(coeffs[0])
        coeffs = [c / gcd for c in coeffs]
        return qml.s_prod(gcd, qml.dot(coeffs, ops))

    operands = [op if coeff == 1 else qml.s_prod(coeff, op) for coeff, op in zip(coeffs, ops)]
    return operands[0] if len(operands) == 1 else qml.sum(*operands)


def _pauli_dot(coeffs: Sequence[float], ops: Sequence[Operator]):
    pauli_words = defaultdict(lambda: 0)
    for coeff, op in zip(coeffs, ops):
        sentence = qml.pauli.pauli_sentence(op)
        for pw in sentence:
            pauli_words[pw] += sentence[pw] * coeff

    return qml.pauli.PauliSentence(pauli_words)

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