Source code for pennylane.transforms.batch_params

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"""
Contains the batch dimension transform.
"""
# pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel

import pennylane as qml
from pennylane.tape import QuantumScript, QuantumScriptBatch
from pennylane.typing import PostprocessingFn

from .core import transform


def _nested_stack(res):
    """
    Given a list of identical nested tuple structures, stack the arrays at the leaves
    """
    # for some reason pylint thinks qml.numpy.builtins is a dict
    # pylint: disable=no-member
    if not isinstance(res[0], (tuple, qml.numpy.builtins.SequenceBox)):
        return qml.math.stack(res)

    stacked_results = []
    for i in range(len(res[0])):
        stacked_results.append(_nested_stack([r[i] for r in res]))

    return tuple(stacked_results)


def _split_operations(ops, params, split_indices, num_tapes):
    """
    Given a list of operators, return a list (with length ``num_tapes``) containing lists
    of new operators with the parameters at the given indices unbatched.

    Args:
        ops (Sequence[.Operator]): list of operators to split
        params (Sequence[TensorLike]): list of parameters which may have a batch dimension.
            The size of this list must be the total number of parameters in the ``ops`` list.
        split_indices (Sequence[int]): the parameter indices that need to be unbatched. The
            index of a parameter, say ``p``, is defined to be its index in the list
            ``[p for op in ops for p in op.data]``. If any parameter of an operator has an index
            contained in ``split_indices``, then a new operator is created using the corresponding
            entry of ``params``. Otherwise, the original operator is used.
        num_tapes (int): the number of new tapes to create, which is also equal to the batch size.
    """
    # for some reason pylint thinks "qml.ops" is a set
    # pylint: disable=no-member
    new_ops = [[] for _ in range(num_tapes)]
    idx = 0

    for op in ops:
        # determine if any parameters of the operator are batched
        if any(i in split_indices for i in range(idx, idx + len(op.data))):
            for b in range(num_tapes):
                new_params = tuple(
                    params[i][b] if i in split_indices else params[i]
                    for i in range(idx, idx + len(op.data))
                )
                new_op = qml.ops.functions.bind_new_parameters(op, new_params)
                new_ops[b].append(new_op)
        else:
            # no batching in the operator; don't copy
            for b in range(num_tapes):
                new_ops[b].append(op)

        idx += len(op.data)

    return new_ops


[docs]@transform def batch_params( tape: QuantumScript, all_operations=False ) -> tuple[QuantumScriptBatch, PostprocessingFn]: """Transform a QNode to support an initial batch dimension for operation parameters. .. note:: This transform will create multiple circuits inside the QNode, one per batch dimension. As a result, it is both simulator and hardware compatible. When using a simulator device, however, this means that a separate simulation will be performed per batch dimension. .. warning:: Currently, not all templates have been updated to support a batch dimension. If you run into an error attempting to use a template with this transform, please open a GitHub issue detailing the error. Args: tape (QNode or QuantumTape or Callable): a quantum circuit to add a batch dimension to all_operations (bool): If ``True``, a batch dimension will be added to *all* operations in the QNode, rather than just trainable QNode parameters. Returns: qnode (QNode) or quantum function (Callable) or tuple[List[QuantumTape], function]: The transformed circuit as described in :func:`qml.transform <pennylane.transform>`. Executing this circuit will provide the batched results, with the first dimension treated as the batch dimension. **Example** Consider the following circuit: .. code-block:: python dev = qml.device("default.qubit", wires=3) @qml.batch_params @qml.qnode(dev) def circuit(x, weights): qml.RX(x, wires=0) qml.RY(0.2, wires=1) qml.templates.StronglyEntanglingLayers(weights, wires=[0, 1, 2]) return qml.expval(qml.Hadamard(0)) The ``qml.batch_params`` decorator allows us to pass arguments ``x`` and ``weights`` that have a batch dimension. For example, >>> batch_size = 3 >>> x = np.linspace(0.1, 0.5, batch_size) >>> rng = np.random.default_rng(seed=1234) >>> weights = rng.random((batch_size, 10, 3, 3), requires_grad=True) If we evaluate the QNode with these inputs, we will get an output of shape ``(batch_size,)``: >>> circuit(x, weights) tensor([ 0.00800498, 0.2735391 , -0.24395442], requires_grad=True) QNodes with a batch dimension remain fully differentiable: >>> cost_fn = lambda x, weights: np.sum(circuit(x, weights)) >>> cost_fn(x, weights) tensor(0.03758966, requires_grad=True) >>> qml.grad(cost_fn)(x, weights)[0] array([-0.30262974, 0.06320878, 0.00811555]) If we pass the ``all_operations`` argument, we can specify that *all* operation parameters in the transformed QNode, regardless of whether they are QNode input parameters, have a batch dimension: .. code-block:: python from functools import partial @partial(qml.batch_params, all_operations=True) @qml.qnode(dev) def circuit(x, weights): qml.RX(x, wires=0) qml.RY([0.2, 0.2, 0.2], wires=1) qml.templates.StronglyEntanglingLayers(weights, wires=[0, 1, 2]) return qml.expval(qml.Hadamard(0)) >>> cost_fn = lambda x, weights: np.sum(circuit(x, weights)) >>> weights.requires_grad = False >>> cost_fn(x, weights) tensor(0.03758966, requires_grad=True) >>> qml.grad(cost_fn)(x, weights)[0] -0.30262974103192636 """ # pylint: disable=protected-access params = tape.get_parameters(trainable_only=False) indices = list(range(len(params))) if all_operations else list(tape.trainable_params) if not indices: raise ValueError( "There are no operations to transform. Either add trainable parameters, " "or specify `all_operations=True`." ) try: batch_dim = qml.math.shape(params[indices[0]])[0] except IndexError: raise ValueError(f"Parameter {params[0]} does not contain a batch dimension.") from None for i in indices: shape = qml.math.shape(params[i]) if len(shape) == 0 or shape[0] != batch_dim: raise ValueError( f"Parameter {params[i]} has incorrect batch dimension. Expecting " f"first dimension of length {batch_dim}." ) output_tapes = [] for ops in _split_operations(tape.operations, params, indices, batch_dim): new_tape = qml.tape.QuantumScript( ops, tape.measurements, shots=tape.shots, trainable_params=tape.trainable_params ) output_tapes.append(new_tape) def processing_fn(res): return _nested_stack(res) return output_tapes, processing_fn