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8 changes: 6 additions & 2 deletions source/pip/qsharp/magnets/trotter/trotter.py
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"""Base Trotter class for first- and second-order Trotter-Suzuki decomposition."""


from typing import Iterator
from typing import Iterator, Optional


class TrotterStep:
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self._nterms = num_terms
self._time_step = time_step
self._order = 1 if num_terms > 0 else 0
self._repr_string: Optional[str] = None
self.terms: list[tuple[float, int]] = [(time_step, j) for j in range(num_terms)]

@property
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def __repr__(self) -> str:
"""String representation of the Trotter decomposition."""
return f"TrotterStep(num_terms={self._nterms}, time_step={self._time_step})"
if self._repr_string is not None:
return self._repr_string
else:
return f"TrotterStep(num_terms={self._nterms}, time_step={self._time_step})"


def suzuki_recursion(trotter: TrotterStep) -> TrotterStep:
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion source/pip/tests/magnets/test_trotter.py
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"""Test TrotterExpansion num_steps property."""
step = TrotterStep(num_terms=2, time_step=0.25)
expansion = TrotterExpansion(step, num_steps=8)
assert expansion.num_steps == 8
assert expansion.nsteps == 8


def test_trotter_expansion_total_time_property():
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