Paulis

	TEST_CASE ("getPauliStr", TEST_CATEGORY)
	TEST_CASE ("getInlinePauliStr", TEST_CATEGORY)
	TEST_CASE ("createPauliStrSum", TEST_CATEGORY)
	TEST_CASE ("createInlinePauliStrSum", TEST_CATEGORY)
	TEST_CASE ("createPauliStrSumFromFile", TEST_CATEGORY)
	TEST_CASE ("createPauliStrSumFromReversedFile", TEST_CATEGORY)
	TEST_CASE ("destroyPauliStrSum", TEST_CATEGORY)

Detailed Description

Function Documentation

TEST_CASE() [1/7]

TEST_CASE	(	"createInlinePauliStrSum"	,
		TEST_CATEGORY	)

Definition at line 341 of file paulis.cpp.

                                                      {
 
    SECTION( LABEL_CORRECTNESS ) {
 
        // C++ interface does not mandate literal
 
        SECTION( "pauli parsing" ) {
 
            // ZYXI
            unsigned ref = 0 + 1*4 + 2*4*4 + 3*4*4*4;
            auto str = GENERATE(
                ".1i ZYXI",  ".1I Z Y X I",  ".1j   ZY   X I  ", 
                ".1i zyxi",  ".1I z y x i",  ".1j   zy   x i  ", 
                ".1i 3210",  ".1I 3 2 1 0",  ".1J   32   1 0  ",
                ".1i Zy1i",  ".1I 3 Y X 0",  ".1J   Zy   1 I  "
            );
 
            PauliStrSum sum = createInlinePauliStrSum(str);
            REQUIRE( sum.strings[0].lowPaulis == ref );
            destroyPauliStrSum(sum);
        }
 
        SECTION( "coefficient parsing" ) {
 
            vector<std::string> strs = {"1 X", "0 X", "0.1 X", "5E2-1i X", "-1E-50i X",  "1 - 6E-5i X", "-1.5E-15  -   5.123E-30i  0"};
            vector<qcomp> coeffs     = { 1,     0,     0.1,     5E2-1_i,   -(1E-50)*1_i,  1 -(6E-5)*1_i, qcomp(-1.5E-15, -5.123E-30) };
 
            size_t i = GENERATE_REF( range(0, (int) strs.size()) );
            CAPTURE( strs[i], coeffs[i] );
 
            PauliStrSum sum = createInlinePauliStrSum(strs[i]);
            REQUIRE_AGREE( sum.coeffs[0], coeffs[i] ); // should be strict
            destroyPauliStrSum(sum);
        }
        
        SECTION( "newlines" ) {
 
            PauliStrSum sum = createInlinePauliStrSum(R"(
                + 5E2-1i     XYZ 
                - 1E-50i     IXY 
                + 1 - 6E-5i  IIX 
                  0          III 
                  5.         XXX 
                  .5         ZZZ 
            )");
 
            REQUIRE( sum.numTerms == 6 );
            REQUIRE( sum.strings[3].lowPaulis == 0ULL );
            REQUIRE_AGREE( sum.coeffs[5], qcomp(.5,0) ); // should be strict
 
            destroyPauliStrSum(sum);
        }
    }
 
    SECTION( LABEL_VALIDATION ) {
 
        SECTION( "env not init" ) {
 
            // no way to test this
            SUCCEED( );
        }
 
        SECTION( "empty" ) {
 
            auto str = GENERATE( "", " ", "\n", " \n " );
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( createInlinePauliStrSum(str), ContainsSubstring("empty") );
        }
 
        SECTION( "uninterpretable" ) {
 
            auto str = GENERATE( "X", "1", "a X", "-1 H", "0 .3", "1 23456" );
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( createInlinePauliStrSum(str), ContainsSubstring("Could not interpret") );
 
            REQUIRE_NOTHROW( createInlinePauliStrSum("1 2 3") ); // = 1 * YZ and is legal
        }
 
        SECTION( "inconsistent number of qubits" ) {
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( createInlinePauliStrSum("3 XYZ \n 2 YX"), ContainsSubstring("inconsistent") );
        }
 
        SECTION( "too many qubits" ) {
 
            // C++ interface permits both literal AND passing existing string
            std::string str = "1 XXXXXYYYYYZZZZZIIIIIXXXXXYYYYYZZZZZIIIIIXXXXXYYYYYZZZZZIIIIIXXXXX"; // 65 paulis
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( createInlinePauliStrSum(str), ContainsSubstring("exceeds the maximum of 64") );
        }
    }
}

TEST_CASE() [2/7]

TEST_CASE	(	"createPauliStrSum"	,
		TEST_CATEGORY	)

Definition at line 273 of file paulis.cpp.

                                                {
 
    SECTION( LABEL_CORRECTNESS ) {
 
        // the utilities for automatically checking
        // correctness of this function would "beg the
        // question", so we instead compare to a
        // hardcoded problem solved externally
 
        int numQubits = 2;
 
        vector<PauliStr> strings = {
            getPauliStr("XY", {0,1}),
            getPauliStr("ZX", {0,1}),
            getPauliStr("YZ", {0,1})
        };
        vector<qcomp> coeffs = {1, 2, 3_i};
 
        qmatrix ref = {
            {  0,   3,    2, -1_i},
            { -3,   0, -1_i,   -2},
            {  2, 1_i,    0,   -3},
            {1_i,  -2,    3,    0}};
 
        SECTION( LABEL_C_INTERFACE ) {
 
            PauliStrSum sum = createPauliStrSum(strings.data(), coeffs.data(), coeffs.size());
 
            REQUIRE( sum.numTerms == (qindex) strings.size() );
            REQUIRE( *(sum.isApproxHermitian) == -1 );
 
            REQUIRE_AGREE( getMatrix(sum,numQubits), ref );
 
            destroyPauliStrSum(sum);
        }
 
        SECTION( LABEL_CPP_INTERFACE ) {
 
            PauliStrSum sum = createPauliStrSum(strings, coeffs);
 
            REQUIRE( sum.numTerms == (qindex) strings.size() );
            REQUIRE( *(sum.isApproxHermitian) == -1 );
 
            REQUIRE_AGREE( getMatrix(sum,numQubits), ref );
 
            destroyPauliStrSum(sum);
        }
    }
 
    SECTION( LABEL_VALIDATION ) {
 
        SECTION( "number of terms" ) {
 
            int numTerms = GENERATE( -1, 0 );
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( createPauliStrSum(nullptr, nullptr, numTerms), ContainsSubstring("number of terms must be a positive integer") );
        }
 
        SECTION( "mismatching lengths" ) {
 
            // specific to the C++ interface
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( createPauliStrSum({}, {.1}), ContainsSubstring("different number of Pauli strings") && ContainsSubstring("coefficients") );
        }
    }
}

TEST_CASE() [3/7]

TEST_CASE	(	"createPauliStrSumFromFile"	,
		TEST_CATEGORY	)

Definition at line 435 of file paulis.cpp.

                                                        {
 
    SECTION( LABEL_CORRECTNESS ) {
 
        std::string fn = "test.txt";
    
        // file contents can be identical to createInlinePauliStrSum input above
        if (getQuESTEnv().rank == 0) {
            std::ofstream file;
            file.open(fn);
            file << R"(
                + 5E2-1i     XYZ 
                - 1E-50i     IXY 
                + 1 - 6E-5i  IIX 
                0            III 
                5.           IXX
                .5           ZYX 
            )";
            file.close();
        }
 
        // all nodes must wait for root to finish writing
        syncQuESTEnv();
    
        PauliStrSum sum = createPauliStrSumFromFile(fn);
 
        REQUIRE( sum.strings[0].lowPaulis == 3 + 2*4 + 1*4*4 );
 
        REQUIRE( sum.numTerms == 6 );
        REQUIRE( sum.coeffs[0] == qcomp(500, -1) );
        REQUIRE( sum.strings[3].lowPaulis == 0ULL );
        REQUIRE( sum.coeffs[5] == qcomp(.5,0) );
 
        destroyPauliStrSum(sum);
    }
 
    SECTION( LABEL_VALIDATION ) {
 
        // we skip all tests which overlap createInlinePauliStrSum
        // above, since the function simplify parses the file then
        // calls createInlinePauliStrSum(), and writing everything
        // to file to subsequently test this function is a chore
 
        SECTION( "bad file name" ) {

TEST_CASE() [4/7]

TEST_CASE	(	"createPauliStrSumFromReversedFile"	,
		TEST_CATEGORY	)

Definition at line 481 of file paulis.cpp.

                                                                {
 
    SECTION( LABEL_CORRECTNESS ) {
 
        std::string fn = "test.txt";
    
        // file contents can be identical to createInlinePauliStrSum input above
        if (getQuESTEnv().rank == 0) {
            std::ofstream file;
            file.open(fn);
            file << R"(
                + 5E2-1i     XYZ 
                - 1E-50i     IXY 
                + 1 - 6E-5i  IIX 
                0            III 
                5.           IXX
                .5           ZYX 
            )";
            file.close();
        }
 
        // all nodes must wait for root to finish writing
        syncQuESTEnv();
    
        PauliStrSum sum = createPauliStrSumFromReversedFile(fn);
 
        // reversed order from createPauliStrSumFromFile() above
        REQUIRE( sum.strings[0].lowPaulis == 1 + 2*4 + 3*4*4 );
 
        REQUIRE( sum.numTerms == 6 );
        REQUIRE( sum.coeffs[0] == qcomp(500, -1) );
        REQUIRE( sum.strings[3].lowPaulis == 0ULL );
        REQUIRE( sum.coeffs[5] == qcomp(.5,0) );
 
        destroyPauliStrSum(sum);
    }
 
    SECTION( LABEL_VALIDATION ) {

TEST_CASE() [5/7]

TEST_CASE	(	"destroyPauliStrSum"	,
		TEST_CATEGORY	)

Definition at line 528 of file paulis.cpp.

                                   {
 
            auto fn = GENERATE( "", " ", "\n", "nonexistentfile.txt" );
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( createPauliStrSumFromReversedFile(fn), ContainsSubstring("Could not load and read the given file") );
        }
    }
}
 
 
TEST_CASE( "destroyPauliStrSum", TEST_CATEGORY ) {
 
    SECTION( LABEL_CORRECTNESS ) {
 
        PauliStrSum sum = createInlinePauliStrSum("1 X");
        REQUIRE_NOTHROW( destroyPauliStrSum(sum) );
    }
 
    SECTION( LABEL_VALIDATION ) {
 
        /// @todo fails in MSVC for unknown reason
        #ifndef _MSC_VER
        // sanitizer messes with default initialisation
        #ifndef SANITIZER_IS_ACTIVE
        SECTION( "not created" ) {
 
            PauliStrSum sum;
 
            // uninitialised sum fields can be coincidentally
            // valid on some platforms (Github Actions linux

TEST_CASE() [6/7]

TEST_CASE	(	"getInlinePauliStr"	,
		TEST_CATEGORY	)

Definition at line 212 of file paulis.cpp.

                                                {
 
    SECTION( LABEL_CORRECTNESS ) {
 
        PauliStr str;
        long long unsigned val;
        
        val = 1 + 2*4 + 3*4*4 + 0*4*4*4;
        str = getInlinePauliStr("XYZI", {0,1,2,3});
        REQUIRE( str.lowPaulis == val );
        str = getInlinePauliStr("xyzi", {0,1,2,3});
        REQUIRE( str.lowPaulis == val );
        str = getInlinePauliStr("1230", {0,1,2,3});
        REQUIRE( str.lowPaulis == val );
 
        val = (1*4*4*4 + 2*4*4 + 3*4 + 0*4);
        str = getInlinePauliStr("XYZI",  {3,2,1,0});
        REQUIRE( str.lowPaulis == val );
        str = getInlinePauliStr("xyzi",  {3,2,1,0});
        REQUIRE( str.lowPaulis == val );
        str = getInlinePauliStr("1230",  {3,2,1,0});
        REQUIRE( str.lowPaulis == val );
 
        val *= (1ULL << (2 * (63 - 3 - 32)));
        str = getInlinePauliStr("XYZ", {63,62,61});
        REQUIRE( str.highPaulis == val );
        str = getInlinePauliStr("xyz", {63,62,61});
        REQUIRE( str.highPaulis == val );
        str = getInlinePauliStr("123", {63,62,61});
        REQUIRE( str.highPaulis == val );
    }
 
    SECTION( LABEL_VALIDATION ) {
 
        // here, only the C++ interface can be tested
 
        SECTION( "invalid target" ) {
 
            int target = GENERATE( -1, 64, 65, 9999 );
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( getInlinePauliStr("X", {target}), ContainsSubstring("Invalid index") );
        }
 
        SECTION( "duplicated target" ) {
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( getInlinePauliStr("XY", {0,0}), ContainsSubstring("duplicate") );
        }
 
        SECTION( "string terminated early" ) {
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( getInlinePauliStr("X", {1,2}), ContainsSubstring("different number of Pauli operators") && ContainsSubstring("qubit indices") );
        }
 
        SECTION( "unrecognised char" ) {
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( getInlinePauliStr("ABC", {1,2,3}), ContainsSubstring("unrecognised Pauli character") );
        }
    }
}

TEST_CASE() [7/7]

TEST_CASE	(	"getPauliStr"	,
		TEST_CATEGORY	)

TESTS

Definition at line 53 of file paulis.cpp.

                                          {
 
    SECTION( LABEL_CORRECTNESS ) {
 
        GENERATE( range(0,10) );
 
        std::string charSet = GENERATE( "IXYZ", "ixyz", "0123", "iX2z" );
 
        int numPaulis = GENERATE( 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 30, 31, 32, 33, 60, 64 );
        auto targets = getRandomSubRange(0, 64, numPaulis);
 
        // not necessary to add a terminal char when we specify numPaulis
        vector<char> pauliChars(numPaulis, 'I');
        vector<int>  pauliInts(numPaulis, 0);
        long long unsigned lowValue = 0;
        long long unsigned highValue = 0;
 
        for (int i=0; i<numPaulis; i++) {
            int v = getRandomInt(1, 3+1);
            pauliInts[i] = v;
            pauliChars[i] = charSet[v];
 
            int t = targets[i];
            (t < 32)? 
                (lowValue  += v * getPow2(2 * t)): // pow4
                (highValue += v * getPow2(2 * (t-32))); // pow4
        }
 
        SECTION( LABEL_C_INTERFACE ) {
            
            SECTION( "from chars" ) {
 
                CAPTURE( targets, pauliChars );
 
                PauliStr str = getPauliStr(pauliChars.data(), targets.data(), numPaulis);
 
                REQUIRE( str.lowPaulis  == lowValue );
                REQUIRE( str.highPaulis == highValue );
            }
 
            SECTION( "from ints" ) {
 
                CAPTURE( targets, pauliChars );
 
                PauliStr str = getPauliStr(pauliInts.data(), targets.data(), numPaulis);
 
                REQUIRE( str.lowPaulis  == lowValue );
                REQUIRE( str.highPaulis == highValue );
            }
 
            SECTION( "from literal" ) {
 
                // lazily ignores some above prepared vars
 
                int targ = targets[0];
                CAPTURE( targ );
                
                const char* in = "X";
                PauliStr str = getPauliStr(in, &targ, 1);
                REQUIRE( str.lowPaulis  == ((targ <  32)? getPow2(2*targ)      : 0) );
                REQUIRE( str.highPaulis == ((targ >= 32)? getPow2(2*(targ-32)) : 0) );
            }
        }
 
        SECTION( LABEL_CPP_INTERFACE ) {
 
            // std::string() requires pauliChars includes a terminal char
            pauliChars.push_back('\0');
            std::string in = std::string(pauliChars.data());
 
            SECTION( "from string" ) {
 
                CAPTURE( targets, pauliChars );
 
                PauliStr str = getPauliStr(in, targets.data(), numPaulis);
 
                REQUIRE( str.lowPaulis  == lowValue );
                REQUIRE( str.highPaulis == highValue );
            }
 
            SECTION( "from vector" ) {
 
                CAPTURE( targets, pauliChars );
 
                PauliStr str = getPauliStr(in, targets);
 
                REQUIRE( str.lowPaulis  == lowValue );
                REQUIRE( str.highPaulis == highValue );
            }
 
            SECTION( "from literal" ) {
 
                // lazily ignores some above prepared vars
 
                int targ = targets[0];
                CAPTURE( targ );
                
                PauliStr str = getPauliStr("X", &targ, 1);
                REQUIRE( str.lowPaulis  == ((targ <  32)? getPow2(2*targ)      : 0) );
                REQUIRE( str.highPaulis == ((targ >= 32)? getPow2(2*(targ-32)) : 0) );
            }
 
            SECTION( "from only string" ) {
 
                CAPTURE( targets, pauliChars );
 
                char chars[65]; // 64 + terminal char
                chars[64] = '\0';
                for (int i=0; i<64; i++)
                    chars[i] = 'I';
 
                // string is DECREASING significance
                for (int i=0; i<numPaulis; i++)
                    chars[64-targets[i]-1] = pauliChars[i];
 
                std::string all = std::string(chars);
                PauliStr str = getPauliStr(all);
 
                CAPTURE( all );
                REQUIRE( str.lowPaulis  == lowValue );
                REQUIRE( str.highPaulis == highValue );
            }
        }
    }
 
    SECTION( LABEL_VALIDATION ) {
 
        SECTION( "invalid target" ) {
 
            int target = GENERATE( -1, 64, 65, 9999 );
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( getPauliStr("X", {target}), ContainsSubstring("Invalid index") );
        }
 
        SECTION( "duplicated target" ) {
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( getPauliStr("XY", {0,0}), ContainsSubstring("duplicate") );
        }
 
        SECTION( "invalid number of paulis" ) {
 
            int numPaulis = GENERATE( -1, 0 );
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( getPauliStr("X", nullptr, numPaulis), ContainsSubstring("must contain at least one Pauli operator") );
        }
 
        SECTION( "string terminated early" ) {
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( getPauliStr("X", {1,2}), ContainsSubstring("different number of Pauli operators") && ContainsSubstring("qubit indices") );
        }
 
        SECTION( "unrecognised char" ) {
 
            REQUIRE_THROWS_WITH( getPauliStr("hi", {1,2}), ContainsSubstring("unrecognised Pauli character") );
        }
    }
}