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Compute the Expectation Value of a Quantum Operator
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The expectation value of an operator with respect to a quantum state can be computed in different ways.
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Create a random many-body Hermitian operator:
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One can feed the density matrix into a circuit to find the expectation value:
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Transform the density matrix into an operator, then do partial tracing:
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Measure the operator, given the state, and find the mean value:
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See Also
Wolfram/QuantumFramework
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Contributed by:
Wolfram Research, Quantum Computation Framework Team
