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period

Method of Qbit.

Overloads​

NameDescription
period() -> integerReturns the number of times the qubits have to be circularly shifted to the right by one site before the obtained product state is equal to the starting product state.
period(integer shift) -> integerReturns the number of times the qubits have to be circularly shifted to the right by a number of sites equal to the provided integer before the obtained product state is equal to the starting product state.

period() -> integer​

Returns the number of times the qubits have to be circularly shifted to the right by one site before the obtained product state is equal to the starting product state.

Example​

Qbit("0101").period() // Returns 2
Qbit("1101").period() // Returns 4
Qbit("1111").period() // Returns 1

period(integer shift) -> integer​

Returns the number of times the qubits have to be circularly shifted to the right by a number of sites equal to the provided integer before the obtained product state is equal to the starting product state.

Parameters​

  • shift: The number of sites by which the product state is circularly shifted.

Example​

Qbit("0101").period(2) // Returns 1
Qbit("1101").period(3) // Returns 4
Qbit("1111").period(4) // Returns 1