Challenge

System #0

You are a physics research assistant specializing in solving complex, research-level problems using precise, step-by-step reasoning.

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User #1

Problem setup:

In quantum error correction, you encode quantum states into logical states made of many qubits in order to improve their resilience to errors. In quantum error detection, you do the same but can only detect the presence of errors and not correct them. In this problem, we will consider a single [[4,2,2]] quantum error detection code, which encodes two logical qubits into four physical qubits, and investigate how robust logical quantum operations in this code are to quantum errors.

Our convention is that the four physical qubits in the [[4,2,2]] code are labelled 0,1,2,3. The two logical qubits are labelled A and B. The stabilizers are \(XXXX\) and \(ZZZZ\), where \(X\) and \(Z\) are Pauli matrices. The logical \(X\) and \(Z\) operators on the two qubits are \(X_A = XIXI\), \(X_B=XXII\), \(Z_A = ZZII\), \(Z_B = ZIZI\), up to multiplication by stabilizers.

We will consider different state preparation circuits consisting of controlled not \(CNOT_{ij}\) gates, where \(CNOT_{ij}\) has control qubit \(i\) and target qubit \(j\). As a simple model of quantum errors in hardware, we will suppose that each \(CNOT_{ij}\) gate in the circuit has a two qubit depolarizing error channel following it that produces one of the 15 non-identity two-qubit Paulis with equal probability \(p/15\). The probability \(p\) indicates the probability of an error in a single two-qubit gate. We will assess the logical infidelity of certain state preparation protocols as a function of the physical infidelity \(p\).

Challenge

Suppose that we prepare a logical two-qubit \(|00\rangle_{AB}\) state in the [[4,2,2]] code. To do so, we introduce an ancilla qubit, qubit 4, and use the following state preparation circuit:

\[ M_4 (CNOT_{04}) (CNOT_{34}) (CNOT_{23}) (CNOT_{10}) (CNOT_{12}) (H_1) \]

Note that this equation is written in matrix multiplication order, while the quantum operations in the circuit occur in the reverse order (from right-to-left in the above equation). \(H\) is a single-qubit Hadamard gate and \(M\) is a single-qubit measurement. The ancilla is used to detect errors in the state preparation circuit and makes the circuit fault-tolerant. If the ancilla measurement is \(|0\rangle\) (\(|1\rangle\)), the state preparation succeeds (fails).

What is the logical state fidelity of the final 2-qubit logical state at the end of the circuit as a function of two-qubit gate error rate \(p\), assuming the state is post-selected on all detectable errors in the code and on the ancilla qubit measuring \(|0\rangle\)?

Assistant #2
Tool Call (code to execute)
import numpy as np
from itertools import product

# Helper: kron for list

def kronN(ops):
    out = ops[0]
    for op in ops[1:]:
        out = np.kron(out, op)
    return out

# Single-qubit Paulis and I
I = np.eye(2, dtype=complex)
X = np.array([[0,1],[1,0]], dtype=complex)
Y = np.array([[0,-1j],[1j,0]], dtype=complex)
Z = np.array([[1,0],[0,-1]], dtype=complex)
H = (1/np.sqrt(2))*np.array([[1,1],[1,-1]], dtype=complex)

pauli_map = {'I':I,'X':X,'Y':Y,'Z':Z}
pauli_list = [I,X,Y,Z]

# Build 5-qubit unitaries for H1 and CNOTs as specified
n=5

# Order: q0,q1,q2,q3,q4 (ancilla)

def gate_single(U, q):
    ops = [I]*n
    ops[q] = U
    return kronN(ops)

# CNOT with control c, target t

def gate_cnot(c,t):
    # |c,t> order per qubits; We'll build using projector method
    # Using matrices: |0><0|_c ⊗ I_t + |1><1|_c ⊗ X_t
    P0 = np.array([[1,0],[0,0]], dtype=complex)
    P1 = np.array([[0,0],[0,1]], dtype=complex)
    ops0 = [I]*n
    ops1 = [I]*n
    ops0[c] = P0
    ops1[c] = P1
    ops1[t] = X
    return kronN(ops0) + kronN(ops1)

U = np.eye(2**n, dtype=complex)
# Right-to-left order: H1, then CNOT12, CNOT10, CNOT23, CNOT34, CNOT04
U = gate_single(H,1) @ U
U = gate_cnot(1,2) @ U
U = gate_cnot(1,0) @ U
U = gate_cnot(2,3) @ U
U = gate_cnot(3,4) @ U
U = gate_cnot(0,4) @ U

# Initial state |00000>
psi0 = np.zeros((2**n,), dtype=complex)
psi0[0] = 1.0
psi = U @ psi0

# Project onto ancilla |0>
# Our ordering has ancilla as qubit 4 (last tensor factor), so take components where last bit is 0
# Equivalent to reshape into 16x2 and select column 0
psi_reshape = psi.reshape((2**4,2))
phi = psi_reshape[:,0]  # postselect ancilla 0 (unnormalized)

# Build code projector P_code on qubits 0..3: (I+XXXX)/2 (I+ZZZZ)/2
# Build 4-qubit Paulis
I4 = np.eye(2**4, dtype=complex)
X4 = kronN([X,X,X,X])
Z4 = kronN([Z,Z,Z,Z])
P_code = 0.5*(I4 + X4) @ 0.5*(I4 + Z4)

# Check that ideal output lies in code space and normalize target logical state
phi_code = P_code @ phi
norm_phi = np.vdot(phi_code, phi_code).real
norm_phi, np.allclose(phi_code, phi) , np.sqrt(norm_phi)
Tool #3
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 71, in <module>
ValueError: matmul: Input operand 1 does not have enough dimensions (has 0, gufunc core with signature (n?,k),(k,m?)->(n?,m?) requires 1)
Assistant #4
Tool Call (code to execute)
import numpy as np
from itertools import product

# Helper: kron for list

def kronN(ops):
    out = ops[0]
    for op in ops[1:]:
        out = np.kron(out, op)
    return out

I = np.eye(2, dtype=complex)
X = np.array([[0,1],[1,0]], dtype=complex)
Y = np.array([[0,-1j],[1j,0]], dtype=complex)
Z = np.array([[1,0],[0,-1]], dtype=complex)
H = (1/np.sqrt(2))*np.array([[1,1],[1,-1]], dtype=complex)

n=5

def gate_single(U, q):
    ops = [I]*n
    ops[q] = U
    return kronN(ops)

def gate_cnot(c,t):
    P0 = np.array([[1,0],[0,0]], dtype=complex)
    P1 = np.array([[0,0],[0,1]], dtype=complex)
    ops0 = [I]*n
    ops1 = [I]*n
    ops0[c] = P0
    ops1[c] = P1
    ops1[t] = X
    return kronN(ops0) + kronN(ops1)

U = np.eye(2**n, dtype=complex)
U = gate_single(H,1) @ U
U = gate_cnot(1,2) @ U
U = gate_cnot(1,0) @ U
U = gate_cnot(2,3) @ U
U = gate_cnot(3,4) @ U
U = gate_cnot(0,4) @ U

psi0 = np.zeros((2**n,), dtype=complex)
psi0[0] = 1.0
psi = U @ psi0

psi_reshape = psi.reshape((2**4,2))
phi = psi_reshape[:,0]

print('psi shape', psi.shape, 'phi shape', phi.shape)

I4 = np.eye(2**4, dtype=complex)
X4 = kronN([X,X,X,X])
Z4 = kronN([Z,Z,Z,Z])
print('I4', I4.shape, 'X4', X4.shape, 'Z4', Z4.shape)
P_code = 0.5*(I4 + X4) @ (0.5*(I4 + Z4))
print('P_code shape', P_code.shape)
phi_code = P_code @ phi
print('phi_code shape', phi_code.shape)

norm_phi = np.vdot(phi_code, phi_code).real
print('norm_phi', norm_phi)
print('is phi_code approx phi?', np.allclose(phi_code, phi))
Tool #5
psi shape (32,) phi shape (16,)
I4 (16, 16) X4 (16, 16) Z4 (16, 16)
P_code shape (16, 16)
phi_code shape (16,)
norm_phi 0.9999999999999998
is phi_code approx phi? True
Assistant #6
Tool Call (code to execute)
import numpy as np

# Using variables from previous run
# Construct logical Z_A=ZZII, Z_B=ZIZI
X = np.array([[0,1],[1,0]], dtype=complex)
Z = np.array([[1,0],[0,-1]], dtype=complex)
I = np.eye(2, dtype=complex)

def kronN(ops):
    out = ops[0]
    for op in ops[1:]:
        out = np.kron(out, op)
    return out

Z_A = kronN([Z,Z,I,I])
Z_B = kronN([Z,I,Z,I])

# phi from previous cell

val_ZA = np.vdot(phi, Z_A @ phi)
val_ZB = np.vdot(phi, Z_B @ phi)

print('Z_A eigenvalue (should be +1):', val_ZA)
print('Z_B eigenvalue (should be +1):', val_ZB)
Tool #7
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 20, in <module>
NameError: name 'phi' is not defined
Assistant #8
Tool Call (code to execute)
import numpy as np

# Build the circuit and states again
I = np.eye(2, dtype=complex)
X = np.array([[0,1],[1,0]], dtype=complex)
Y = np.array([[0,-1j],[1j,0]], dtype=complex)
Z = np.array([[1,0],[0,-1]], dtype=complex)
H = (1/np.sqrt(2))*np.array([[1,1],[1,-1]], dtype=complex)

n=5

def kronN(ops):
    out = ops[0]
    for op in ops[1:]:
        out = np.kron(out, op)
    return out

def gate_single(U, q):
    ops = [I]*n
    ops[q] = U
    return kronN(ops)

def gate_cnot(c,t):
    P0 = np.array([[1,0],[0,0]], dtype=complex)
    P1 = np.array([[0,0],[0,1]], dtype=complex)
    ops0 = [I]*n
    ops1 = [I]*n
    ops0[c] = P0
    ops1[c] = P1
    ops1[t] = X
    return kronN(ops0) + kronN(ops1)

U = np.eye(2**n, dtype=complex)
U = gate_single(H,1) @ U
U = gate_cnot(1,2) @ U
U = gate_cnot(1,0) @ U
U = gate_cnot(2,3) @ U
U = gate_cnot(3,4) @ U
U = gate_cnot(0,4) @ U
psi0 = np.zeros((2**n,), dtype=complex)
psi0[0] = 1
psi = U @ psi0
phi = psi.reshape((16,2))[:,0]
np.set_printoptions(precision=6, suppress=True)
print(phi)
print('norm', np.vdot(phi,phi).real)
Tool #9
[0.707107+0.j 0.      +0.j 0.      +0.j 0.      +0.j 0.      +0.j
 0.      +0.j 0.      +0.j 0.      +0.j 0.      +0.j 0.      +0.j
 0.      +0.j 0.      +0.j 0.      +0.j 0.      +0.j 0.      +0.j
 0.707107+0.j]
norm 0.9999999999999998
Assistant #10
Tool Call (code to execute)
import numpy as np
from itertools import product

# Setup again
I = np.eye(2, dtype=complex)
X = np.array([[0,1],[1,0]], dtype=complex)
Y = np.array([[0,-1j],[1j,0]], dtype=complex)
Z = np.array([[1,0],[0,-1]], dtype=complex)
H = (1/np.sqrt(2))*np.array([[1,1],[1,-1]], dtype=complex)

n=5

# Utility

def kronN(ops):
    out = ops[0]
    for op in ops[1:]:
        out = np.kron(out, op)
    return out

def gate_single(U, q):
    ops = [I]*n
    ops[q] = U
    return kronN(ops)

def gate_cnot(c,t):
    P0 = np.array([[1,0],[0,0]], dtype=complex)
    P1 = np.array([[0,0],[0,1]], dtype=complex)
    ops0 = [I]*n
    ops1 = [I]*n
    ops0[c] = P0
    ops1[c] = P1
    ops1[t] = X
    return kronN(ops0) + kronN(ops1)

U = np.eye(2**n, dtype=complex)
U = gate_single(H,1) @ U
U = gate_cnot(1,2) @ U
U = gate_cnot(1,0) @ U
U = gate_cnot(2,3) @ U
U = gate_cnot(3,4) @ U
U = gate_cnot(0,4) @ U
psi0 = np.zeros((2**n,), dtype=complex)
psi0[0] = 1
psi = U @ psi0
phi = psi.reshape((16,2))[:,0]

# Code projector
I4 = np.eye(16, dtype=complex)
X4 = kronN([X,X,X,X])
Z4 = kronN([Z,Z,Z,Z])
P_code = 0.5*(I4 + X4) @ 0.5*(I4 + Z4)
phi_code = P_code @ phi
phi_code /= np.sqrt(np.vdot(phi_code,phi_code))
# Good: phi_code is our logical |00>_L

# Build all 5-qubit Pauli strings matrices using (I,X,Y,Z) mapping per qubit ignoring phase issues (consistent rep)
paulis = [I,X,Y,Z]
letters = ['I','X','Y','Z']

# Precompute all 1024 Paulis as matrices
pauli_mats = {}
pauli_labels = {}
idx = 0
for a in range(4):
    for b in range(4):
        for c in range(4):
            for d in range(4):
                for e in range(4):
                    ops = [paulis[a], paulis[b], paulis[c], paulis[d], paulis[e]]
                    M = kronN(ops)
                    label = letters[a]+letters[b]+letters[c]+letters[d]+letters[e]
                    pauli_mats[idx] = M
                    pauli_labels[idx] = label
                    idx += 1

# Map (a,b,c,d,e) to index quickly
# Using base-4 encoding

def idx_from_tuple(tup):
    a,b,c,d,e = tup
    return (((a*4 + b)*4 + c)*4 + d)*4 + e

# Evaluate s_E and t_E for all Paulis
s = np.zeros(4**5)
t = np.zeros(4**5)

# Projector for ancilla |0>
P_a0 = np.kron(np.eye(16), np.array([[1,0],[0,0]], dtype=complex))

for idx in range(4**5):
    E = pauli_mats[idx]
    state = E @ psi
    # Project to ancilla 0 and then onto code space
    state_a0 = state.reshape((16,2))[:,0]
    state_code = P_code @ state_a0
    t[idx] = (np.vdot(state_code, state_code).real)
    if t[idx] > 1e-12:
        # normalized accepted state
        state_code_norm = state_code / np.sqrt(t[idx])
        s[idx] = np.abs(np.vdot(phi_code, state_code_norm))**2
    else:
        s[idx] = 0.0

# Inspect values that occur
vals_s = sorted(list(set(np.round(s,6))))
vals_t = sorted(list(set(np.round(t,6))))
print('Distinct s values:', vals_s)
print('Distinct t values:', vals_t)

# Count of accepted indexes and number that are logical (s=1)
accepted = np.where(t>1e-12)[0]
print('Accepted count:', len(accepted))
print('Among accepted, s=1 count:', int(np.sum(np.isclose(s[accepted],1.0))))
print('Among accepted, s=0 count:', int(np.sum(np.isclose(s[accepted],0.0))))
print('Any fractional s?', [val for val in vals_s if abs(val) not in [0.0,1.0]])
Tool #11
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 52, in <module>
ValueError: matmul: Input operand 1 does not have enough dimensions (has 0, gufunc core with signature (n?,k),(k,m?)->(n?,m?) requires 1)
Assistant #12
Tool Call (code to execute)
import numpy as np

# Setup
I = np.eye(2, dtype=complex)
X = np.array([[0,1],[1,0]], dtype=complex)
Y = np.array([[0,-1j],[1j,0]], dtype=complex)
Z = np.array([[1,0],[0,-1]], dtype=complex)
H = (1/np.sqrt(2))*np.array([[1,1],[1,-1]], dtype=complex)

n=5

def kronN(ops):
    out = ops[0]
    for op in ops[1:]:
        out = np.kron(out, op)
    return out

# Gates

def gate_single(U, q):
    ops = [I]*n
    ops[q] = U
    return kronN(ops)

def gate_cnot(c,t):
    P0 = np.array([[1,0],[0,0]], dtype=complex)
    P1 = np.array([[0,0],[0,1]], dtype=complex)
    ops0 = [I]*n
    ops1 = [I]*n
    ops0[c] = P0
    ops1[c] = P1
    ops1[t] = X
    return kronN(ops0) + kronN(ops1)

# Circuit U
U = np.eye(2**n, dtype=complex)
U = gate_single(H,1) @ U
U = gate_cnot(1,2) @ U
U = gate_cnot(1,0) @ U
U = gate_cnot(2,3) @ U
U = gate_cnot(3,4) @ U
U = gate_cnot(0,4) @ U

psi0 = np.zeros((2**n,), dtype=complex)
psi0[0] = 1
psi = U @ psi0
print('psi shape', psi.shape)

phi = psi.reshape((16,2))[:,0]
print('phi shape', phi.shape)

# Code projector
I4 = np.eye(16, dtype=complex)
X = np.array([[0,1],[1,0]], dtype=complex)
Z = np.array([[1,0],[0,-1]], dtype=complex)
X4 = kronN([X,X,X,X])
Z4 = kronN([Z,Z,Z,Z])
P_code = 0.5*(I4 + X4) @ (0.5*(I4 + Z4))
phi_code = P_code @ phi
phi_code /= np.sqrt(np.vdot(phi_code,phi_code))
print('phi_code shape', phi_code.shape)

# Precompute all 5-qubit paulis matrices
single_paulis = [np.eye(2, dtype=complex), np.array([[0,1],[1,0]], dtype=complex), np.array([[0,-1j],[1j,0]], dtype=complex), np.array([[1,0],[0,-1]], dtype=complex)]

pauli_mats = []
for a in range(4):
    for b in range(4):
        for c in range(4):
            for d in range(4):
                for e in range(4):
                    M = kronN([single_paulis[a], single_paulis[b], single_paulis[c], single_paulis[d], single_paulis[e]])
                    pauli_mats.append(M)

print('Total Paulis', len(pauli_mats))

# Compute s and t arrays
P_code_full = np.kron(P_code, np.array([[1,0],[0,0]], dtype=complex))
# But we actually need to first project ancilla to |0>, then project data to code; We'll proceed step-wise
s = []
t = []
for E in pauli_mats:
    state = E @ psi
    # project ancilla 0
    state_a0 = state.reshape((16,2))[:,0]
    state_code = P_code @ state_a0
    norm2 = (np.vdot(state_code, state_code).real)
    t.append(norm2)
    if norm2 > 1e-12:
        vec = state_code / np.sqrt(norm2)
        s_val = np.abs(np.vdot(phi_code, vec))**2
    else:
        s_val = 0.0
    s.append(s_val)

s = np.array(s)

t = np.array(t)
print('distinct s', sorted(list(set(np.round(s,6)))))
print('distinct t', sorted(list(set(np.round(t,6)))))
print('accepted count', int(np.sum(t>1e-12)))
print('s=1 among accepted', int(np.sum((t>1e-12) & (np.isclose(s,1.0)))))
print('s=0 among accepted', int(np.sum((t>1e-12) & (np.isclose(s,0.0)))))
Tool #13
psi shape (32,)
phi shape (16,)
phi_code shape (16,)
Total Paulis 1024
distinct s [0.0, 1.0]
distinct t [0.0, 1.0]
accepted count 128
s=1 among accepted 32
s=0 among accepted 96
Assistant #14
Tool Call (code to execute)
from fractions import Fraction
import numpy as np

# 1) Build circuit state and code projector
I = np.eye(2, dtype=complex)
X = np.array([[0,1],[1,0]], dtype=complex)
Y = np.array([[0,-1j],[1j,0]], dtype=complex)
Z = np.array([[1,0],[0,-1]], dtype=complex)
H = (1/np.sqrt(2))*np.array([[1,1],[1,-1]], dtype=complex)

n=5

def kronN(ops):
    out = ops[0]
    for op in ops[1:]:
        out = np.kron(out, op)
    return out

def gate_single(U, q):
    ops = [I]*n
    ops[q] = U
    return kronN(ops)

def gate_cnot(c,t):
    P0 = np.array([[1,0],[0,0]], dtype=complex)
    P1 = np.array([[0,0],[0,1]], dtype=complex)
    ops0 = [I]*n
    ops1 = [I]*n
    ops0[c] = P0
    ops1[c] = P1
    ops1[t] = X
    return kronN(ops0) + kronN(ops1)

U = np.eye(2**n, dtype=complex)
U = gate_single(H,1) @ U
U = gate_cnot(1,2) @ U
U = gate_cnot(1,0) @ U
U = gate_cnot(2,3) @ U
U = gate_cnot(3,4) @ U
U = gate_cnot(0,4) @ U
psi0 = np.zeros((2**n,), dtype=complex)
psi0[0] = 1
psi = U @ psi0
phi = psi.reshape((16,2))[:,0]

I4 = np.eye(16, dtype=complex)
X1 = np.array([[0,1],[1,0]], dtype=complex)
Z1 = np.array([[1,0],[0,-1]], dtype=complex)
X4 = kronN([X1,X1,X1,X1])
Z4 = kronN([Z1,Z1,Z1,Z1])
P_code = 0.5*(I4 + X4) @ (0.5*(I4 + Z4))
phi_code = P_code @ phi
phi_code /= np.sqrt((phi_code.conj()@phi_code).real)

# 2) Precompute s_E and t_E for all 1024 Paulis
single_paulis = [np.eye(2, dtype=complex), X, Y, Z]

pauli_mats = []
for a in range(4):
    for b in range(4):
        for c in range(4):
            for d in range(4):
                for e in range(4):
                    M = kronN([single_paulis[a], single_paulis[b], single_paulis[c], single_paulis[d], single_paulis[e]])
                    pauli_mats.append(M)

s = np.zeros(4**5)
t = np.zeros(4**5)
for idx, E in enumerate(pauli_mats):
    state = E @ psi
    state_a0 = state.reshape((16,2))[:,0]
    state_code = P_code @ state_a0
    t[idx] = (state_code.conj()@state_code).real
    if t[idx] > 1e-14:
        vec = state_code/np.sqrt(t[idx])
        s[idx] = np.abs((phi_code.conj()@vec))**2
    else:
        s[idx] = 0.0

# 3) Build Pauli bit representation (x,z) and index mapping
# mapping digits: 0->I, 1->X, 2->Y, 3->Z
pow4 = [4**k for k in range(5)][::-1]
# order of qubits: q0,q1,q2,q3,q4

def idx_to_digits(idx):
    d=[]
    for p in pow4:
        d.append(idx//p)
        idx%=p
    return d

def digits_to_idx(d):
    idx=0
    for i in range(5):
        idx = idx*4 + d[i]
    return idx

# maps per digit to (x,z) bits
x_per = [0,1,1,0]
z_per = [0,0,1,1]

def idx_to_bits(idx):
    d = idx_to_digits(idx)
    xb=0; zb=0
    for i in range(5):
        if x_per[d[i]]: xb |= (1<<(4-i))
        if z_per[d[i]]: zb |= (1<<(4-i))
    return xb, zb

# idx from bits

def bits_to_idx(xb,zb):
    d=[0]*5
    for i in range(5):
        bitpos = 4-i
        x = (xb>>bitpos)&1
        z = (zb>>bitpos)&1
        if x==0 and z==0: d[i]=0
        elif x==1 and z==0: d[i]=1
        elif x==1 and z==1: d[i]=2
        elif x==0 and z==1: d[i]=3
    return digits_to_idx(d)

# 4) Define CNOT conjugation on bits (control c, target t)

def conj_cnot_bits(xb,zb,c,t):
    # Toggle x target by x control
    xc = (xb>> (4-c)) & 1
    if xc:
        xb ^= (1<< (4-t))
    # Toggle z control by z target
    zt = (zb>> (4-t)) & 1
    if zt:
        zb ^= (1<< (4-c))
    return xb,zb

# 5) Build per-gate error sets (E_final idx, poly)
# Gates: after CNOT12, after CNOT10, after CNOT23, after CNOT34, after CNOT04
cnots = [(1,2),(1,0),(2,3),(3,4),(0,4)]

# For 2-qubit Paulis on (i,j), generate 16 combinations
single_digits = [0,1,2,3]  # I,X,Y,Z

def pauli_bits_for_two_qubit(i,j, di, dj):
    # returns initial (xb,zb) having di at qubit i and dj at qubit j
    xb=0; zb=0
    x_i = x_per[di]; z_i = z_per[di]
    x_j = x_per[dj]; z_j = z_per[dj]
    if x_i: xb |= (1<<(4-i))
    if z_i: zb |= (1<<(4-i))
    if x_j: xb |= (1<<(4-j))
    if z_j: zb |= (1<<(4-j))
    return xb,zb

# Build subsequent gates lists for each insertion point
subseq = {
    0: [1,2,3,4],
    1: [2,3,4],
    2: [3,4],
    3: [4],
    4: [],
}

# polynomial operations with Fraction

def poly_zero():
    return [Fraction(0,1)]*6

def poly_add(a,b):
    return [ai+bi for ai,bi in zip(a,b)]

def poly_mul(a,b):
    c = [Fraction(0,1)]*6
    for i in range(6):
        if a[i]==0: continue
        for j in range(6-i):
            if b[j]==0: continue
            c[i+j] += a[i]*b[j]
    return c

# Polynomials for identity and error per gate
poly_id = [Fraction(1,1), Fraction(-1,1)] + [Fraction(0,1)]*4  # 1 - p
poly_err = [Fraction(0,1), Fraction(1,15)] + [Fraction(0,1)]*4  # p/15

# For each gate g (0..4), build list of (idx_final, poly)
per_gate_sets = []
for g, (c,tg) in enumerate(cnots):
    items = []
    # identity
    items.append((0, poly_id))
    for di in single_digits:
        for dj in single_digits:
            if di==0 and dj==0: continue
            xb,zb = pauli_bits_for_two_qubit(c,tg, di, dj)
            # conjugate through subsequent CNOTs
            for h in subseq[g]:
                cc,tt = cnots[h]
                xb,zb = conj_cnot_bits(xb,zb, cc,tt)
            idx_final = bits_to_idx(xb,zb)
            items.append((idx_final, poly_err))
    per_gate_sets.append(items)

# Convolve distributions across gates
from collections import defaultdict

dist = {0: [Fraction(1,1)] + [Fraction(0,1)]*5}  # start with identity with weight 1

for g in range(5):
    newdist = defaultdict(lambda: [Fraction(0,1)]*6)
    for idx_prev, poly_prev in dist.items():
        for idx_g, poly_g in per_gate_sets[g]:
            # combine Paul's: XOR in bitspace -> compute idx_total by mapping bits; we can derive via digits: using mapping idx XOR function
            # We'll use bits for idx_prev and idx_g
            # Precompute bits for these? compute on the fly
            # Convert idx to bits
            # We'll compute using helper functions
            # But we need a fast XOR composition; we implement idx_to_bits for both and compute bits_to_idx of XOR
            xb_prev, zb_prev = 0,0
            # We'll use cached bit maps to avoid recomputing each time; Let's build caches outside loops


    # We'll rebuild with caches outside main loop
    break

# Build caches for idx->bits and bits->idx mapping arrays
idx_to_bits_cache = {}
for idx in range(4**5):
    idx_to_bits_cache[idx] = idx_to_bits(idx)

# Now convolve properly

dist = {0: [Fraction(1,1)] + [Fraction(0,1)]*5}
for g in range(5):
    newdist = defaultdict(lambda: [Fraction(0,1)]*6)
    for idx_prev, poly_prev in dist.items():
        xb_prev, zb_prev = idx_to_bits_cache[idx_prev]
        for idx_g, poly_g in per_gate_sets[g]:
            xb_g, zb_g = idx_to_bits_cache[idx_g]
            xb_tot = xb_prev ^ xb_g
            zb_tot = zb_prev ^ zb_g
            idx_tot = bits_to_idx(xb_tot, zb_tot)
            poly_tot = poly_mul(poly_prev, poly_g)
            cur = newdist[idx_tot]
            newdist[idx_tot] = poly_add(cur, poly_tot)
    dist = newdist

# Verify normalization: sum of polynomials over all idx equals 1
sum_poly = [Fraction(0,1)]*6
for poly in dist.values():
    sum_poly = poly_add(sum_poly, poly)

# Evaluate sum_poly at some p to check equals 1 for all p: coefficients should be [1,0,0,0,0,0]
print('sum_poly coefficients:', sum_poly)

# 6) Compute numerator and denominator polynomials
import math

# Build s,t arrays again to avoid missing
# (But they may not require exact coefficients; they are 0/1 but we computed numerically earlier; We will now compute them logically using phi vector approach again)

# We'll recompute numeric s and t within this run to use them
single_paulis2 = [np.eye(2, dtype=complex), np.array([[0,1],[1,0]], dtype=complex), np.array([[0,-1j],[1j,0]], dtype=complex), np.array([[1,0],[0,-1]], dtype=complex)]

# Build psi again to have it in this execution (already above). We'll reuse 'psi', 'phi_code', 'P_code'

s_arr = np.zeros(4**5)
t_arr = np.zeros(4**5)
for idx in range(4**5):
    # reconstruct matrix for idx
    d = idx_to_digits(idx)
    E = kronN([single_paulis2[d[0]], single_paulis2[d[1]], single_paulis2[d[2]], single_paulis2[d[3]], single_paulis2[d[4]]])
    state = E @ psi
    state_a0 = state.reshape((16,2))[:,0]
    state_code = P_code @ state_a0
    t_arr[idx] = (state_code.conj()@state_code).real
    if t_arr[idx] > 1e-12:
        vec = state_code/np.sqrt(t_arr[idx])
        s_arr[idx] = np.abs((phi_code.conj()@vec))**2
    else:
        s_arr[idx] = 0.0

# Identify accepted and correct sets
accepted_idxs = [idx for idx in range(4**5) if t_arr[idx] > 1e-12]
correct_idxs = [idx for idx in range(4**5) if t_arr[idx] > 1e-12 and abs(s_arr[idx]-1.0)<1e-12]

print('counts: accepted', len(accepted_idxs), 'correct', len(correct_idxs))

# Compute numerator/denominator polynomials
num_poly = [Fraction(0,1)]*6
den_poly = [Fraction(0,1)]*6

for idx, poly in dist.items():
    if t_arr[idx] > 1e-12:
        den_poly = poly_add(den_poly, poly)
        if abs(s_arr[idx]-1.0) < 1e-12:
            num_poly = poly_add(num_poly, poly)

print('den_poly:', den_poly)
print('num_poly:', num_poly)

# Simplify: print as fractions and also as decimals

def poly_to_str(poly):
    terms=[]
    for k,coef in enumerate(poly):
        if coef == 0:
            continue
        # format fraction
        if coef.denominator==1:
            coeff_str = f"{coef.numerator}"
        else:
            coeff_str = f"{coef.numerator}/{coef.denominator}"
        if k==0:
            terms.append(coeff_str)
        elif k==1:
            terms.append(f"({coeff_str}) p")
        else:
            terms.append(f"({coeff_str}) p^{k}")
    return ' + '.join(terms) if terms else '0'

print('Denominator polynomial D(p) =', poly_to_str(den_poly))
print('Numerator polynomial N(p) =', poly_to_str(num_poly))

# Optionally, compute series expansion for F(p) = N(p)/D(p) to p^3
from fractions import Fraction

# We'll compute rational series expansion up to order 3 via formal power series
maxdeg=5

# F = a/b; build series by polynomial long division

def poly_series_div(num, den, order):
    # ensure den[0] != 0; here den[0]=1
    res=[Fraction(0,1)]*(order+1)
    rem=num.copy()
    for k in range(order+1):
        res[k] = rem[k]/den[0]
        # subtract res[k]*den shifted by k
        for j in range(1, order-k+1):
            rem[k+j] -= res[k]*den[j]
    return res

series = poly_series_div(num_poly, den_poly, 5)
print('Series coefficients for F(p):', series)
Tool #15
sum_poly coefficients: [Fraction(1, 1), Fraction(0, 1), Fraction(0, 1), Fraction(0, 1), Fraction(0, 1), Fraction(0, 1)]
counts: accepted 128 correct 32
den_poly: [Fraction(1, 1), Fraction(-68, 15), Fraction(704, 75), Fraction(-32768, 3375), Fraction(253952, 50625), Fraction(-262144, 253125)]
num_poly: [Fraction(1, 1), Fraction(-68, 15), Fraction(656, 75), Fraction(-29312, 3375), Fraction(223232, 50625), Fraction(-229376, 253125)]
Denominator polynomial D(p) = 1 + (-68/15) p + (704/75) p^2 + (-32768/3375) p^3 + (253952/50625) p^4 + (-262144/253125) p^5
Numerator polynomial N(p) = 1 + (-68/15) p + (656/75) p^2 + (-29312/3375) p^3 + (223232/50625) p^4 + (-229376/253125) p^5
Series coefficients for F(p): [Fraction(1, 1), Fraction(0, 1), Fraction(-16, 25), Fraction(-704, 375), Fraction(-10496, 3375), Fraction(-216064, 84375)]
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Tool Call (code to execute)
from fractions import Fraction

# coefficients from previous calculation
num = [Fraction(1,1), Fraction(-68,15), Fraction(656,75), Fraction(-29312,3375), Fraction(223232,50625), Fraction(-229376,253125)]
den = [Fraction(1,1), Fraction(-68,15), Fraction(704,75), Fraction(-32768,3375), Fraction(253952,50625), Fraction(-262144,253125)]

def eval_poly(poly, p):
    val = 0.0
    pk=1.0
    for k,c in enumerate(poly):
        val += float(c) * pk
        pk *= p
    return val

for p in [0.0, 1e-3, 1e-2, 0.05, 0.1]:
    N=eval_poly(num,p)
    D=eval_poly(den,p)
    F = N/D
    print(p, '-> A(p)=',D,'F=',F)
Tool #17
0.0 -> A(p)= 1.0 F= 1.0
0.001 -> A(p)= 0.9954760436293117 F= 0.999999358119554
0.01 -> A(p)= 0.9555956743560913 F= 0.9999340913140434
0.05 -> A(p)= 0.7956173988345678 F= 0.9981451484841417
0.1 -> A(p)= 0.6313155735703703 F= 0.9913903803885744
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Step-by-Step Derivation

1) Code, logical operators and target state

  • We label the four data qubits by 0,1,2,3 and the ancilla by 4. The [[4,2,2]] code has stabilizer generators S = ⟨XXXX, ZZZZ⟩ on qubits 0–3. A convenient logical basis is |00⟩L = (|0000⟩ + |1111⟩)/√2, |01⟩L = (|0011⟩ + |1100⟩)/√2, |10⟩L = (|0101⟩ + |1010⟩)/√2, |11⟩L = (|0110⟩ + |1001⟩)/√2, and logical operators may be chosen (up to stabilizers) as XA = XIXI, XB = XXII, ZA = ZZII, ZB = ZIZI. These conventions match standard presentations of the [[4,2,2]] code. (errorcorrectionzoo.org)

  • The circuit to prepare |00⟩L with an ancilla 4 is U = CNOT04 CNOT34 CNOT23 CNOT10 CNOT12 H1, applied to |00000⟩.

2) Ideal (error-free) output of the circuit

Apply the gates from right to left: - H1 prepares qubit 1 in (|0⟩ + |1⟩)/√2. - CNOT12 and CNOT10 copy the bit of qubit 1 to qubits 2 and 0, so the data block becomes (|0000⟩ + |1110⟩)/√2 on 0–3. - CNOT23 copies qubit 2 to qubit 3, giving (|0000⟩ + |1111⟩)/√2 on 0–3. - CNOT34 and then CNOT04 write the Z-parity of qubits 3 and 0 onto the ancilla (4 is the target both times). In both computational components (all-zero and all-one on 0–3), qubits 0 and 3 have even parity, so the ancilla remains |0⟩.

Therefore, in the absence of errors the final state factorizes as |ψideal⟩ = |00⟩L ⊗ |0⟩4, with |00⟩L = (|0000⟩ + |1111⟩)/√2 stabilized by XXXX and ZZZZ. (errorcorrectionzoo.org)

3) Error model and why Pauli propagation suffices

  • After each CNOTij we apply a two-qubit depolarizing channel on qubits i,j: with probability 1−p nothing happens; with total probability p the channel applies one of the 15 non-identity two-qubit Pauli operators uniformly at random (probability p/15 each). For a d-dimensional system, depolarizing noise is uniform over non-identity errors; here d=4 for two qubits, so 4^2−1=15. (en.wikipedia.org)

  • The circuit is Clifford (H and CNOT are Clifford gates), hence any Pauli error remains a Pauli under conjugation through the rest of the circuit (Gottesman–Knill property). We can therefore commute each two-qubit Pauli fault forward to the end of the unitary, turning the entire fault path into a single net Pauli E acting just before the ancilla measurement. Conjugation rules we use include, for CNOTc→t, CNOT (Xc) CNOT = Xc Xt, CNOT (Zt) CNOT = Zc Zt, CNOT (Xt) CNOT = Xt, CNOT (Zc) CNOT = Zc, and similarly for Y via Y=iXZ. (en.wikipedia.org, arxiv.org)

4) Post-selection criteria turned into algebra

We post-select on: - the ancilla measurement outcome Z4=+1 (i.e., |0⟩ on qubit 4), and - “all detectable errors in the code,” i.e., projection of the four data qubits (0–3) onto the code space stabilized by XXXX and ZZZZ (the +1 eigenspace).

Let Pcode = (I+XXXX)/2 · (I+ZZZZ)/2 be the code projector on qubits 0–3 and Πa0 = |0⟩⟨0|4 the ancilla-|0⟩ projector. For a net Pauli E at the end of the circuit, the unnormalized accepted data state is ρE,acc ∝ Tr4[ Πa0 E (|00⟩L⟨00| ⊗ |0⟩⟨0|) E† Πa0 ] projected by Pcode.

Define two indicator-like quantities for each 5-qubit Pauli E: - tE := ∥ Pcode ⟨0|4 E |ψideal⟩ ∥^2 ∈ {0,1}, which says whether this E passes both post-selections (tE=1) or is rejected (tE=0). - sE := |⟨00|L ( Pcode ⟨0|4 E |ψideal⟩ / ∥…∥ )|^2 ∈ {0,1} when tE=1, telling whether the accepted state equals |00⟩L (sE=1) or is a wrong logical state (sE=0).

Because |ψideal⟩=|00⟩L⊗|0⟩4 and the projector is diagonal in Z on qubit 4, a Pauli E passes the ancilla check iff it has I or Z on qubit 4. Passing the code check requires the data part of E to commute with XXXX and ZZZZ, i.e., E|data ∈ N(S), the normalizer of the stabilizer S inside the 4-qubit Pauli group. Hence - Acceptance set: E ∈ {I,Z}4 × N(S). This set has size 2 × |N(S)| = 2 × (|S| · 4^k) = 2 × (4 · 16) = 128, using |S|=4 and k=2. - Among these, the ones that fix |00⟩L are exactly the “state stabilizer” generated by S together with the logical Z’s, i.e., ⟨XXXX, ZZZZ, ZA, ZB⟩, which has 2^4 = 16 elements on the data; with the ancilla factor {I,Z} this gives 32 accepted E’s with sE=1. The remaining 96 accepted E’s implement nontrivial logical X/Y operations (on A and/or B) and thus have sE=0.

These group-theoretic counts are fully consistent with a direct Clifford/Pauli simulation (see step 6).

5) Turning the error distribution into polynomials in p

Let the five noisy CNOTs be indexed by g=1,…,5 in time order after the initial H1: CNOT12, CNOT10, CNOT23, CNOT34, CNOT04. For each gate g, the fault set is Eg = {I with weight (1−p)} ∪ {15 two-qubit Paulis with weight (p/15) each}, conjugated through the subsequent CNOTs to the end of the circuit. The net Pauli is E = E5 E4 E3 E2 E1, and the (classical) mixture weight of E is wE(p) = ∑ over all factorizations (∏g wg), a polynomial in p of degree ≤ 5 whose coefficients sum to 1.

The logical fidelity conditioned on the post-selection is F(p) = [∑E wE(p) sE] / [∑E wE(p) tE] = N(p)/D(p), where N and D are polynomials of degree ≤ 5.

6) Exact evaluation (Clifford/Pauli calculation)

We implemented the above mapping with the standard Pauli propagation rules for CNOT, pushed each two-qubit Pauli fault forward to the end, and evaluated tE and sE by acting on |ψideal⟩ = |00⟩L ⊗ |0⟩4, projecting with Πa0 and Pcode. This confirms: - Of all 4^5=1024 five-qubit Paulis, exactly 128 have tE=1 (accepted). Among these, 32 have sE=1 (accepted and logically correct) and 96 have sE=0 (accepted but logically wrong). - Summing the weights wE(p) over the appropriate sets yields exact rational-coefficient polynomials

D(p) = 1 − (68/15) p + (704/75) p^2 − (32768/3375) p^3 + (253952/50625) p^4 − (262144/253125) p^5,

N(p) = 1 − (68/15) p + (656/75) p^2 − (29312/3375) p^3 + (223232/50625) p^4 − (229376/253125) p^5.

Therefore the post-selected logical-state fidelity is F(p) = N(p)/D(p).

As a small‑p series (formal division of polynomials), F(p) = 1 − (16/25) p^2 − (704/375) p^3 − (10496/3375) p^4 − (216064/84375) p^5 + O(p^6).

The absence of a linear term shows first‑order fault tolerance: every single CNOT fault is detected either by the ancilla or by a nontrivial code syndrome, and hence is rejected. Only two‑or‑more faults can slip through post‑selection and lower the logical fidelity, giving the O(p^2) onset with coefficient 16/25 = 0.64.

7) Cross‑checks and interpretation

  • Ideal preparation succeeds deterministically (ancilla = 0 and stabilizers = +1) and produces |00⟩L, i.e., |00⟩L ⊗ |0⟩4 exactly as derived in step 2.
  • The acceptance probability itself is D(p); for reference, D(p) = 1 − 4.533… p + 9.386… p^2 − 9.709… p^3 + 5.015… p^4 − 1.035… p^5, so for moderate p one keeps a substantial fraction of runs, but all first‑order faults are filtered out.
  • The derivation relies only on (i) the [[4,2,2]] stabilizers and codewords, (ii) the two‑qubit depolarizing channel, and (iii) Clifford conjugation of Paulis; references for each are given below. (errorcorrectionzoo.org, en.wikipedia.org)

Final Answer: The post‑selected logical two‑qubit state fidelity for the circuit

M4 CNOT04 CNOT34 CNOT23 CNOT10 CNOT12 H1

under a two‑qubit depolarizing error of strength p after each CNOT is

F(p) = N(p)/D(p),

with D(p) = 1 − (68/15) p + (704/75) p^2 − (32768/3375) p^3 + (253952/50625) p^4 − (262144/253125) p^5, N(p) = 1 − (68/15) p + (656/75) p^2 − (29312/3375) p^3 + (223232/50625) p^4 − (229376/253125) p^5.

Equivalently, for small p, F(p) = 1 − (16/25) p^2 − (704/375) p^3 − (10496/3375) p^4 − (216064/84375) p^5 + O(p^6).

This shows first‑order fault tolerance (no linear term in p), with leading degradation 0.64 p^2. References: [[4,2,2]] code and codewords; depolarizing channel; and the Clifford/Pauli propagation property used to push Pauli faults to the end of the circuit. (errorcorrectionzoo.org, en.wikipedia.org)

User #19

Populate your final answer into the code template provided below. This step is purely for formatting/display purposes. No additional reasoning or derivation should be performed. Do not import any modules or packages beyond what is provided in the template.

import sympy as sp

p = sp.symbols('p')

def answer(p):
    r"""
    Return the expression of the logical state fidelity of the final 2-qubit logical state
    at the end of the circuit as a function of two-qubit gate error rate $p$.

    Inputs
    ----------
    p: sympy.Symbol, two-qubit gate error rate, $p$

    Outputs
    ----------
    F_logical: sympy.Expr, logical state fidelity of the final 2-qubit logical state
    """

    # ------------------ FILL IN YOUR RESULTS BELOW ------------------
    F_logical = ...  # a SymPy expression of inputs
    # ---------------------------------------------------------------

    return F_logical
Assistant #20
import sympy as sp

p = sp.symbols('p')

def answer(p):
    r"""
    Return the expression of the logical state fidelity of the final 2-qubit logical state
    at the end of the circuit as a function of two-qubit gate error rate $p$.

    Inputs
    ----------
    p: sympy.Symbol, two-qubit gate error rate, $p$

    Outputs
    ----------
    F_logical: sympy.Expr, logical state fidelity of the final 2-qubit logical state
    """

    # ------------------ FILL IN YOUR RESULTS BELOW ------------------
    F_logical = (
        1
        - sp.Rational(68, 15) * p
        + sp.Rational(656, 75) * p**2
        - sp.Rational(29312, 3375) * p**3
        + sp.Rational(223232, 50625) * p**4
        - sp.Rational(229376, 253125) * p**5
    ) / (
        1
        - sp.Rational(68, 15) * p
        + sp.Rational(704, 75) * p**2
        - sp.Rational(32768, 3375) * p**3
        + sp.Rational(253952, 50625) * p**4
        - sp.Rational(262144, 253125) * p**5
    )
    # ---------------------------------------------------------------

    return F_logical