tensorflow/quantum

Handle 3-qubit gates

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#636 opened on Oct 21, 2021

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During the writing of #621 it became apparent that the new version of cirq 0.13.0 had changed the way gates are decomposed. Past quantumlib/Cirq#4167 some gates were decomposed into 3 qubit gates, which are not currently supported. Thus, #621 bypassed Cirq's default decomposition as a work around.

However, the work-around shouldn't say forever. Instead, we should:

  • Handle 3-qubit gates
  • Revert the work-around

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Research direction
Investigate how Cirq 0.13.0 decomposes gates into 3 qubit gates and modify the tensorflow quantum gate decomposition to support them, then revert the workaround from #621.
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python
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machine learning
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3
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1-2 days
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Clear
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PythonCirqQuantum computing basics
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60