pygsti.tools.symplectic.symplectic_innerproduct

pygsti.tools.symplectic.symplectic_innerproduct#

symplectic_innerproduct(v, w)#

Returns the symplectic inner product of two vectors in F_2^(2n).

Here F_2 is the finite field containing 0 and 1, and 2n is the length of the vectors. Code from “How to efficiently select an arbitrary Clifford group element” by Robert Koenig and John A. Smolin.

Parameters:

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

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

Return type:

int