pygsti.tools.symplectic.check_symplectic

check_symplectic(m, convention='standard')

Checks whether a matrix is symplectic.

Parameters:

• m (numpy array) – The matrix to check.

• convention (str, optional) – Can be either ‘standard’ or ‘directsum’, Specifies the convention of the symplectic form with respect to which the matrix should be sympletic.

Returns:

A bool specifying whether the matrix is symplectic

Return type:

bool