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Distance Measures

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How good is the preparation of our state? Learn how to compare two quantum states using different measures.

Metrics and Distance

Calculate the distance between probability distributions.

Measuring Similarity

Use the Battacharyya coefficient to compare probability distributions.

The Trace Distance

Measure the distance between quantum states.

Fidelity

Calculate how close two quantum states are.

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PennyLane

PennyLane is an open-source quantum software platform for quantum computing, quantum machine learning, and quantum chemistry. Create meaningful quantum algorithms, from inspiration to implementation.

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