[MAHOUT-2166] Proof of concept of quantum front-end

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: classic-15.0
• Component/s: qumat
• Assignee: Trevor Grant
• Reporter: Andrew Musselman
• Due: 10/Dec/23
• Created: 29/Nov/23 22:03
• Updated: 31/Jan/24 21:26
• Resolved: 31/Jan/24 21:26

Description

Write up working proof of concept for a new python-based `mahout-q` component that will perform some basic quantum operations.

E.g.:

• NOT Gate
• Hadamard Gate
• CNOT Gate
• Toffoli Gate
• SWAP Gate
• Pauli X Gate (X-Gate)
• Pauli Y Gate (Y-Gate)
• Pauli Z Gate (Z-Gate)

Nice to have the ability to pass off commands to any of the major libraries or compute platforms.

Sub-Tasks

• Make a Google Sheet for comparing API methods and objects across all the libraries: In Progress
• Identify the data structures that are behind all the math and operation objects in all the libraries: Open
• Determine what can be stripped down to "just matrices": Open
• Think about how to represent imaginary numbers: Open
• Look at whether to re-use any samsara work for this: Resolved
• Determine whether we can ship outputs from one library to the plotting capabilities of another: Open
• Packaging: Resolved
• Create new `main` branch: Resolved