pauli exponentiation renamed in exponentiation.py

UCL-CCS · Oct 13, 2022 · 9cf9765 · 9cf9765
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commit 9cf9765
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diff --git a/symmer/evolution/exponentiation.py b/symmer/evolution/exponentiation.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from functools import reduce
 from symmer.symplectic import PauliwordOp
 
-def _exponentiate(P: PauliwordOp) -> PauliwordOp:
+def exponentiate_single_Pop(P: PauliwordOp) -> PauliwordOp:
  """ exponentiate a single Pauli term
  """
  assert(P.n_terms == 1), 'Can only exponentiate single Pauli terms'
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def trotter(op:PauliwordOp, trotnum:int=1) -> PauliwordOp:
  and increasing trotnum will improve precision.
  """
  op_copy = op.copy().multiply_by_constant(1/trotnum)
- factors = [_exponentiate(P) for P in op_copy]*trotnum
+ factors = [exponentiate_single_Pop(P) for P in op_copy]*trotnum
  return reduce(lambda x,y:x*y, factors)
 
 def truncated_exponential(op:PauliwordOp, truncate_at:int=10) -> PauliwordOp: