pygsti.tools.symplectic.find_symplectic_transvection

find_symplectic_transvection(x, y)

A utility function for selecting a random Clifford element.

Code from “How to efficiently select an arbitrary Clifford group element” by Robert Koenig and John A. Smolin.

Parameters:

• x (numpy.ndarray) – A length-2n vector.

• y (numpy.ndarray) – A length-2n vector.

Return type:

numpy.ndarray