default.mixed

default.mixed is PennyLane’s standard qubit simulator for mixed-states and noisy computations.

Recommended for:

• Small-scale mixed-state simulations.
• Compatibility with noise models.
• Fast gradients with built-in backpropagation support.
• Compatibility with Autograd, JAX, and Pytorch.
• All operating systems.

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Documentation

To learn more, please visit the device documentation:

• default.mixed documentation

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Installation

The default.mixed device is included in PennyLane. It can be installed with:

pip install pennylane

For more details on installation and dependencies, visit the Install PennyLane page.

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Device Initialization

Initialize the device in PennyLane with:

import pennylane as qml
dev = qml.device('default.mixed', wires=5) 

For more details on device settings and keyword arguments, see the device documentation.