Source code for qrisp.qaoa.problems.maxCut

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from __future__ import annotations

from collections.abc import Callable
from typing import TYPE_CHECKING

import jax.numpy as jnp
import numpy as np
from jax import jit, vmap
from numba import njit, prange

from qrisp.algorithms.qaoa import QAOAProblem, RX_mixer
from qrisp.core import rzz
from qrisp.jasp import check_for_tracing_mode

if TYPE_CHECKING:
    import networkx as nx
    from jax import Array
    from jax.typing import ArrayLike

    from qrisp.core import QuantumVariable


def maxcut_obj(x: str, G: nx.Graph):
    """Compute the MaxCut objective value for a single bitstring and graph G."""
    return maxcut_obj_jitted(int(x[::-1], 2), list(G.edges()))


@njit(cache=True)
def maxcut_obj_jitted(x, edge_list: list[tuple[int, int]] | np.ndarray):
    """JIT-compiled MaxCut objective: count edges crossing the cut encoded by integer x."""
    cut = 0
    for i, j in edge_list:
        # the edge is cut
        if ((x >> i) ^ (x >> j)) & 1:
            # if x[i] != x[j]:
            cut -= 1
    return cut


@njit(parallel=True, cache=True)
def maxcut_energy(
    outcome_array: np.ndarray,
    count_array: np.ndarray,
    edge_list: list[tuple[int, int]] | np.ndarray,
) -> float:
    """Compute the weighted sum of MaxCut objectives over all measurement outcomes."""
    res_array = np.zeros(len(outcome_array))
    for i in prange(len(outcome_array)):
        res_array[i] = maxcut_obj_jitted(outcome_array[i], edge_list) * count_array[i]

    return np.sum(res_array)


[docs] def create_maxcut_cl_cost_function(G: nx.Graph) -> Callable[[dict], float]: """Creates the classical cost function for an instance of the maximum cut problem for a given graph ``G``. Parameters ---------- G : nx.Graph The Graph for the problem instance. Returns ------- Callable[[dict], float] The classical cost function for the problem instance, which takes a dictionary of measurement results as input. """ def cl_cost_function(counts: dict) -> float: edge_array = np.array(list(G.edges()), dtype=np.uint32) counts_keys = list(counts.keys()) int_list = [] if not isinstance(counts_keys[0], str): for c_array in counts_keys: integer = int("".join(list(c_array))[::-1], 2) int_list.append(integer) else: for c_str in counts_keys: integer = int(c_str[::-1], 2) int_list.append(integer) counts_array = np.array(list(counts.values())) outcome_array = np.array(int_list, dtype=np.uint32) return maxcut_energy(outcome_array, counts_array, edge_array) return cl_cost_function
@jit def extract_boolean_digit(integer, digit): """Extract a single boolean digit from an integer at the given bit position.""" return (integer >> digit) & 1 def create_cut_computer(G: nx.Graph) -> Callable[[ArrayLike], Array]: """Create a JIT-compiled function that computes the cut value for a given graph G. Parameters ---------- G : nx.Graph The graph for the problem instance. Returns ------- Callable[[ArrayLike], Array] A JIT-compiled function mapping an integer bitstring to its (negated) cut value. """ edge_list = jnp.array(G.edges()) @jit def cut_computer(x: ArrayLike) -> Array: x_uint = jnp.uint32(x) bools = extract_boolean_digit(x_uint, edge_list[:, 0]) != extract_boolean_digit(x_uint, edge_list[:, 1]) # Count the number of edges crossing the cut cut = jnp.sum(bools) return -cut return cut_computer
[docs] def create_maxcut_sample_array_post_processor( G: nx.Graph, ) -> Callable[[ArrayLike], Array]: """Creates the sample array post processor for the MaxCut problem for a given graph ``G``. .. note:: This function is intended for use with :ref:`dynamic (Jasp) QAOA <JaspQAOA>` only. In Jasp mode, quantum variables are decoded to integers rather than binary strings, so repeated sampling yields an array of integers encoding bipartitions of ``G``. For standard (non-Jasp) QAOA, use :func:`create_maxcut_cl_cost_function` instead. Parameters ---------- G : nx.Graph The graph for the problem instance. Returns ------- Callable[[ArrayLike], jax.Array] A JAX-traceable function that accepts an array of integer-encoded bitstrings (bipartitions of ``G``) and returns the mean cut value as a 0-D ``jax.Array`` of float. See Also -------- :ref:`JaspQAOA` : How to use QAOA in Jasp. """ cut_computer = create_cut_computer(G) def post_processor(sample_array: ArrayLike) -> Array: # Use vmap for automatic vectorization cut_values = vmap(cut_computer)(sample_array) return jnp.mean(cut_values) return post_processor
[docs] def create_maxcut_cost_operator(G: nx.Graph) -> Callable: r"""Creates the cost operator for an instance of the maximum cut problem for a given graph ``G``. Parameters ---------- G : nx.Graph The Graph for the problem instance. Returns ------- Callable[[QuantumVariable, float | sympy.Symbol], None] A function receiving a :ref:`QuantumVariable` and a real parameter $\gamma$ or a symbolic parameter. This function performs the application of the cost operator. """ def maxcut_cost_operator(qv: QuantumVariable, gamma) -> None: if not check_for_tracing_mode(): if len(G) != len(qv): raise ValueError( f"Tried to call MaxCut cost Operator for graph of size " f"{len(G)} on argument of invalid size {len(qv)}" ) for pair in list(G.edges()): rzz(2 * gamma, qv[pair[0]], qv[pair[1]]) # cx(qv[pair[0]], qv[pair[1]]) # rz(2 * gamma, qv[pair[1]]) # cx(qv[pair[0]], qv[pair[1]]) # barrier(qv) return maxcut_cost_operator
[docs] def maxcut_problem(G: nx.Graph) -> QAOAProblem: """Creates a QAOA problem instance with appropriate phase separator, mixer, and classical cost function. Parameters ---------- G : nx.Graph The graph for the problem instance. Returns ------- :ref:`QAOAProblem` A QAOA problem instance for MaxCut for a given graph ``G``. """ return QAOAProblem(create_maxcut_cost_operator(G), RX_mixer, create_maxcut_cl_cost_function(G))