Class find_embedding::chain

class chain

Public Functions

chain(vector<int> &w, int l)

construct this chain, linking it to the qubit_weight vector w (common to all chains in an embedding, typically) and setting its variable label l

chain &operator=(const vector<int> &c)

assign this to a vector of ints.

each incoming qubit will have itself as a parent.

chain &operator=(const chain &c)

assign this to another chain

int size() const

number of qubits in chain

int count(const int q) const

returns 0 if q is not contained in this, 1 otherwise

int get_link(const int x) const

get the qubit, in this, which links this to the chain of x (if x==label, interpret the linking qubit as the chain’s root)

void set_link(const int x, const int q)

set the qubit, in this, which links this to the chain of x (if x==label, interpret the linking qubit as the chain’s root)

int drop_link(const int x)

discard and return the linking qubit for x, or -1 if that link is not set

void set_root(const int q)

insert the qubit q into this, and set q to be the root (represented as the linking qubit for label)

void clear()

empty this data structure

void add_leaf(const int q, const int parent)

add the qubit q as a leaf, with parent as its parent

int trim_branch(int q)

try to delete the qubit q from this chain, and keep deleting until no more qubits are free to be deleted.

return the first ancestor which cannot be deleted

int trim_leaf(int q)

try to delete the qubit q from this chain.

if q cannot be deleted, return it; otherwise return its parent

int parent(const int q) const

the parent of q in this chain which might be q but otherwise cycles should be impossible

void adopt(const int p, const int q)

assign p to be the parent of q, on condition that both p and q are contained in this, q is its own parent, and q is not the root

int refcount(const int q) const

return the number of references that this makes to the qubit q where a “reference” is an occurrence of q as a parent or an occurrence of q as a linking qubit / root

int freeze(vector<chain> &others, frozen_chain &keep)

store this chain into a frozen_chain, unlink all chains from this, and clear()

void thaw(vector<chain> &others, frozen_chain &keep)

restore a frozen_chain into this, re-establishing links from other chains.

precondition: this is empty.

template<typename embedding_problem_t>
void steal(chain &other, embedding_problem_t &ep, int chainsize = 0)

assumes this and other have links for eachother’s labels steals all qubits from other which are available to be taken by this; starting with the qubit links and updating qubit links after all

void link_path(chain &other, int q, const vector<int> &parents)

link this chain to another, following the path q, parent[q], parent[parent[q]], …

from this to other and intermediate nodes (all but the last) into this (preconditions: this and other are not linked, q is contained in this, and the parent-path is eventually contained in other)

iterator begin() const

iterator pointing to the first qubit in this chain

iterator end() const

iterator pointing to the end of this chain

void diagnostic(char *last_op)

run the diagnostic, and if it fails, report the failure to the user and throw -1.

the last_op argument is used in the error message

int run_diagnostic() const

run the diagnostic and return a nonzero status r in case of failure if(r&1), then the parent of a qubit is not contained in this chain if(r&2), then there is a refcounting error in this chain