Correct unitary in the docstring of the FSimGate #6288
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In the docstring for the FSimGate, the unitary is reported to be:
However, the actual unitary produced by the gate is slightly different. Specifically, the term
c
is exp(-1j*phi). The snippet below demonstrates:The snippet reports that the value of
c
is0.8660-0.5000j
while the documentation indicates it should be0.8660+0.5000j
.I believe the gate definition is correct and the documentation is wrong for the following reasons:
FSimGate(θ, φ) = ISWAP**(-2θ/π) CZPowGate(exponent=-φ/π)
which is consistent with c=exp(-i*φ).Thus, this MR modifies the docstring to reflect the unitary produced by the gate.