Development Notes

Please refer to the github repository https://github.com/gecrooks/quantumflow for source code, and to submit issues and pull requests. Documentation is hosted at readthedocs https://quantumflow.readthedocs.io/ .

See the introduction for installation instructions. The Makefile contains targets for various common development tasks:

> make help

Conventions

• nb – Abbreviation for number

• N – number of qubits

• theta – gate angle (In Bloch sphere or equivalent)

• t – Number of half turns in Block sphere (quarter cycles) or equivalent. (theta = pi * t)

• ket – working state variable

• rho – density variable

• chan – channel variable

• circ – circuit variable

• G – Graph variable

GEC 2019