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What is the proper use of the uniform superposition gate?

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 In Qiskit, creating a uniform superposition state is typically done using the Hadamard gate (H gate). Applying the Hadamard gate to each qubit in a quantum register will put the qubits into an equal superposition of all possible states.

Here’s an example of how to create a uniform superposition state for a 3-qubit system:

from qiskit import QuantumCircuit

# Create a quantum circuit with 3 qubits

qc = QuantumCircuit(3)

# Apply the Hadamard gate to each qubit

qc.h([0, 1, 2])

# Draw the circuit

qc.draw('mpl')

This code will create a quantum circuit where each of the 3 qubits is in a superposition state, resulting in a uniform superposition of all (2^3 = 8) possible states.

If you are looking for a more advanced method, Qiskit also provides the UniformSuperposition gate, which can be used to create a uniform superposition state directly. Here’s how you can use it:

from qiskit import QuantumCircuit

from qiskit.circuit.library import UniformSuperposition

# Create a quantum circuit with 3 qubits

qc = QuantumCircuit(3)

# Apply the UniformSuperposition gate

qc.append(UniformSuperposition(3), [0, 1, 2])

# Draw the circuit

qc.draw('mpl')

This will achieve the same result as applying the Hadamard gate to each qubit but

in a more compact form.

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