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MPS Simulator

mps

MPSSimulator - Matrix Product State statevector simulator, JAX-backed.

Ported from the "TurboQuant TUREQ MPSSimulator v8.2 MatryoshkaFlash" prototype (private research notebook, never published as part of the dense-evolution package). Two real bugs were found and fixed by independent verification against DenseSVSimulator before this module existed in its current form:

  1. The original applied Lloyd-Max quantization to the SVD singular values on every truncation ("PolarQuantizer"). Measured a real ~0.5% Total Variation Distance error against DenseSVSimulator on an 8-qubit entangling test circuit, with ZERO bond-dimension savings to show for it. Dropped entirely -- this module keeps only the plain adaptive SVD truncation (JSD-budget-driven bond dimension, the author's own stopping criterion -- standard SVD truncation, non-standard stopping metric).

  2. get_top_k_probable_states (originally "_extract_top_k_paths") picked a single "best" bond index via argmax at each step instead of correctly summing over the bond dimension. Measured 0/8 correct states against the exact contraction on the same test circuit, values off by ~30x. Fixed by propagating the true partial-contraction vector through each bond (matches exactly, to machine precision, on every state it finds) -- but note it's a genuine greedy beam search, not an exact top-k finder: recall of the true top states grows with beam width k but isn't guaranteed complete for any fixed k.

Originally ported in plain numpy (matching the prototype), then converted to jax.numpy so the core tensor contractions (einsum, SVD) run on the same backend as the rest of dense_evolution instead of a second, inconsistent numerics stack. Re-verified against DenseSVSimulator after the conversion -- see test_mps.py.

Uses whatever jax_enable_x64 precision is currently active in the process (does not toggle it itself) -- same convention as DenseSVSimulator/Chunk, which rely on the caller (dashboard_core.py's run_simulation) to set precision, since jax_enable_x64 is a process-wide flag and toggling it locally would leak to unrelated code running later in the same process.

For circuits with LOW entanglement (product states, GHZ/Bell-like chains, shallow local circuits), the bond dimension stays small regardless of qubit count, so this scales to hundreds of qubits where DenseSVSimulator (or Chunk) cannot -- see get_probabilities_sampled and get_top_k_probable_states, neither of which ever materializes a (2**n,)-shaped array. For HIGHLY entangled circuits the bond dimension grows and this degrades back toward the same exponential cost DenseSVSimulator has -- it is not a universal replacement, it is complementary.

MPSSimulator

MPSSimulator(
    n_qubits: int,
    max_bond: int = 64,
    svd_cutoff: float = 1e-12,
    jsd_budget: float = 1e-05,
)

Matrix Product State simulator with adaptive SVD-truncated bond dimension (JSD-budget driven), no lossy post-truncation quantization. JAX-backed core (einsum, SVD).

Parameters

n_qubits : int max_bond : int -- hard cap on bond dimension chi svd_cutoff : float -- singular values below this are dropped outright jsd_budget : float -- max tolerated Jensen-Shannon distance between the full and truncated singular-value distributions at each cut; chi is grown by 1 until satisfied or max_bond is hit.

Source code in dense_evolution/mps.py
def __init__(
    self,
    n_qubits: int,
    max_bond: int = 64,
    svd_cutoff: float = 1e-12,
    jsd_budget: float = 1e-5,
):
    self.n = n_qubits
    self.chi = max_bond
    self.eps = svd_cutoff
    self.jsd_budget = jsd_budget

    self.gammas: List[jnp.ndarray] = []
    self.lambdas: List[jnp.ndarray] = [jnp.ones(1)] * (n_qubits + 1)

    self.truncation_errors: List[float] = []
    self.jsd_per_bond: List[float] = []
    self.entanglement_entropy = np.zeros(max(n_qubits - 1, 0))
    self._bond_history: List[int] = []
    # Counts truncations where max_bond was hit before jsd_budget could
    # be satisfied -- the while loop below exits silently in that case,
    # and avg_JSD (a mean over all steps) can look deceptively low even
    # when the final contracted state is badly wrong (verified: TVD
    # ~0.97 against DenseSVSimulator on an 8-qubit/15-layer entangling
    # circuit with max_bond=2, while avg_JSD read 0.0534).
    self.budget_violations: int = 0

    # Cached compiled closure for run_circuit_jit -- built lazily on
    # first use (self.n/self.chi/self.eps/self.jsd_budget are fixed
    # for this instance's lifetime), never rebuilt per call. Same
    # caching pattern as Chunk.__init__'s self._multi_chunk_runner.
    self._mps_runner = None

    for _ in range(n_qubits):
        g = jnp.zeros((1, 2, 1), dtype=jnp.complex64 if not jax.config.jax_enable_x64 else jnp.complex128)
        g = g.at[0, 0, 0].set(1.0)
        self.gammas.append(g)

apply_gate_1q

apply_gate_1q(gate: ndarray, qubit: int) -> None

O(chi^2) -- updates only Gamma[qubit].

Source code in dense_evolution/mps.py
def apply_gate_1q(self, gate: jnp.ndarray, qubit: int) -> None:
    """O(chi^2) -- updates only Gamma[qubit]."""
    gate = jnp.asarray(gate)
    self.gammas[qubit] = jnp.einsum("ij,ljr->lir", gate, self.gammas[qubit])

apply_gate_2q

apply_gate_2q(gate_2q: ndarray, q1: int, q2: int) -> None

2-qubit gate with adaptive SVD truncation. O(chi^3).

Source code in dense_evolution/mps.py
def apply_gate_2q(self, gate_2q: jnp.ndarray, q1: int, q2: int) -> None:
    """2-qubit gate with adaptive SVD truncation. O(chi^3)."""
    gate_2q = jnp.asarray(gate_2q)
    if abs(q1 - q2) != 1:
        self._apply_nonlocal_2q(gate_2q, q1, q2)
        return
    if q1 > q2:
        q1, q2 = q2, q1
        gate_2q = jnp.transpose(gate_2q, (1, 0, 3, 2))

    g1 = self.gammas[q1]
    g2 = self.gammas[q2]
    lam = self.lambdas[q2]

    theta = jnp.einsum("lik,k,kjr->lijr", g1, lam, g2)
    chiL, d1, d2, chiR = theta.shape

    theta_new = jnp.einsum("abcd,ecdf->eabf", gate_2q, theta)
    theta_mat = theta_new.reshape(chiL * d1, d2 * chiR)

    U_t, S_t, Vh_t, trunc_err, jsd_val = self._svd_truncate(theta_mat)
    chi_new = len(S_t)

    s_sq = S_t**2
    p_dist = s_sq / (jnp.sum(s_sq) + 1e-20)
    p_v = p_dist[p_dist > 1e-20]
    ee = float(-jnp.sum(p_v * jnp.log2(p_v))) if len(p_v) > 1 else 0.0
    if q1 < len(self.entanglement_entropy):
        self.entanglement_entropy[q1] = ee

    self.lambdas[q2] = S_t
    self.gammas[q1] = U_t.reshape(chiL, d1, chi_new)
    self.gammas[q2] = Vh_t.reshape(chi_new, d2, chiR)

    self._bond_history.append(chi_new)
    self.jsd_per_bond.append(jsd_val)

apply_ccx

apply_ccx(c1: int, c2: int, tgt: int) -> None

Toffoli via standard T-gate decomposition (all 1q/2q gates).

Source code in dense_evolution/mps.py
def apply_ccx(self, c1: int, c2: int, tgt: int) -> None:
    """Toffoli via standard T-gate decomposition (all 1q/2q gates)."""
    inv2 = 1.0 / np.sqrt(2.0)
    h = inv2 * jnp.array([[1, 1], [1, -1]], dtype=complex)
    t = jnp.array([[1, 0], [0, jnp.exp(1j * jnp.pi / 4)]], dtype=complex)
    tdg = jnp.array([[1, 0], [0, jnp.exp(-1j * jnp.pi / 4)]], dtype=complex)

    self.apply_gate_1q(h, tgt)
    self.apply_cx(c2, tgt)
    self.apply_gate_1q(tdg, tgt)
    self.apply_cx(c1, tgt)
    self.apply_gate_1q(t, tgt)
    self.apply_cx(c2, tgt)
    self.apply_gate_1q(tdg, tgt)
    self.apply_cx(c1, tgt)
    self.apply_gate_1q(t, c2)
    self.apply_gate_1q(t, tgt)
    self.apply_gate_1q(h, tgt)
    self.apply_cx(c1, c2)
    self.apply_gate_1q(t, c1)
    self.apply_gate_1q(tdg, c2)
    self.apply_cx(c1, c2)

get_probabilities_sampled

get_probabilities_sampled(
    n_samples: int = 100000, seed: Optional[int] = None
) -> dict

Returns a {bitstring: empirical_probability} dict from n_samples sequential draws -- the only entry point safe for n_qubits > 24.

Source code in dense_evolution/mps.py
def get_probabilities_sampled(
    self, n_samples: int = 100_000, seed: Optional[int] = None
) -> dict:
    """Returns a {bitstring: empirical_probability} dict from n_samples
    sequential draws -- the only entry point safe for n_qubits > 24."""
    from collections import Counter

    rng = np.random.default_rng(seed)
    counts: Counter = Counter()
    for _ in range(n_samples):
        bits = self._sample_bitstring(rng)
        counts["".join(map(str, bits))] += 1
    return {bitstr: c / n_samples for bitstr, c in counts.items()}

get_top_k_probable_states

get_top_k_probable_states(
    k: int = 128,
) -> Tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray]

Greedy beam search (beam width k) for approximately-most-probable basis states, without ever contracting to a full statevector.

Returns (indices, probabilities): indices are computational-basis integers, probabilities are exact for the states found (not approximated), sorted descending. Recall of the TRUE top states improves with k but is not guaranteed for any fixed k -- see the module docstring.

Source code in dense_evolution/mps.py
def get_top_k_probable_states(self, k: int = 128) -> Tuple[np.ndarray, np.ndarray]:
    """Greedy beam search (beam width k) for approximately-most-probable
    basis states, without ever contracting to a full statevector.

    Returns (indices, probabilities): indices are computational-basis
    integers, probabilities are exact for the states found (not
    approximated), sorted descending. Recall of the TRUE top states
    improves with k but is not guaranteed for any fixed k -- see the
    module docstring."""
    paths: List[Tuple[int, jnp.ndarray]] = [(0, jnp.array([1.0 + 0.0j]))]
    for i in range(self.n):
        candidates = []
        gamma = self.gammas[i]
        lam = self.lambdas[i + 1] if (i + 1) < len(self.lambdas) else jnp.ones(gamma.shape[2])
        for idx_p, vec_p in paths:
            for bit in (0, 1):
                new_vec = jnp.einsum("l,lr->r", vec_p, gamma[:, bit, :]) * lam
                weight = float(jnp.sum(jnp.abs(new_vec) ** 2))
                candidates.append(((idx_p << 1) | bit, new_vec, weight))
        candidates.sort(key=lambda c: c[2], reverse=True)
        paths = [(idx, vec) for idx, vec, _ in candidates[:k]]

    indices = np.array([p[0] for p in paths])
    amplitudes = np.array([
        complex(vec[0]) if len(vec) == 1 else complex(jnp.sum(vec))
        for _, vec in paths
    ])
    probabilities = np.abs(amplitudes) ** 2
    order = np.argsort(-probabilities)
    return indices[order], probabilities[order]

run_circuit_jit

run_circuit_jit(ops: List) -> None

Runs an entire circuit through a single jax.lax.scan-fused, @jax.jit-compiled kernel instead of one eager Python call per gate -- the eager path (apply_gate_1q/apply_gate_2q/_apply_nonlocal_2q, all still available and unchanged) has zero @jax.jit anywhere and pays a host-device sync on every 2-qubit gate's bond-dimension search; measured 88.9s vs Qiskit Aer's 0.64s on a 60-qubit stress circuit -- see README changelog for the real before/after number this method produces on that same circuit.

Trade-off, explicit and intentional (not hidden): every gamma/ lambda is kept at a fixed max_bond-padded size for the rest of this instance's lifetime after this call. Structurally correct either way (zero-padding is mathematically transparent to every other method here -- contract_to_statevector, get_top_k_probable_ states, etc. all still work correctly on the padded arrays, verified), just not memory-minimal for genuinely low-entanglement circuits, which is this module's whole point for very large qubit counts. Use the eager methods directly instead when memory, not speed, is the priority -- this is an addition, not a replacement.

ops: same convention as DenseSVSimulator.run_circuit_jit_beast_mode -- list of (name, *args) tuples/lists. Unlike that method, SWAP is never decomposed into 3xCX (kept as one real gate, see _compile_mps_ops's docstring for why that matters here).

Source code in dense_evolution/mps.py
def run_circuit_jit(self, ops: List) -> None:
    """Runs an entire circuit through a single jax.lax.scan-fused,
    @jax.jit-compiled kernel instead of one eager Python call per gate
    -- the eager path (apply_gate_1q/apply_gate_2q/_apply_nonlocal_2q,
    all still available and unchanged) has zero @jax.jit anywhere and
    pays a host-device sync on every 2-qubit gate's bond-dimension
    search; measured 88.9s vs Qiskit Aer's 0.64s on a 60-qubit stress
    circuit -- see README changelog for the real before/after number
    this method produces on that same circuit.

    Trade-off, explicit and intentional (not hidden): every gamma/
    lambda is kept at a fixed max_bond-padded size for the rest of
    this instance's lifetime after this call. Structurally correct
    either way (zero-padding is mathematically transparent to every
    other method here -- contract_to_statevector, get_top_k_probable_
    states, etc. all still work correctly on the padded arrays,
    verified), just not memory-minimal for genuinely low-entanglement
    circuits, which is this module's whole point for very large qubit
    counts. Use the eager methods directly instead when memory, not
    speed, is the priority -- this is an addition, not a replacement.

    ops: same convention as DenseSVSimulator.run_circuit_jit_beast_mode
    -- list of (name, *args) tuples/lists. Unlike that method, SWAP is
    never decomposed into 3xCX (kept as one real gate, see
    _compile_mps_ops's docstring for why that matters here).
    """
    compiled_rows = _compile_mps_ops(ops, self.n)
    dtype = self.gammas[0].dtype
    lambda_dtype = self.lambdas[0].dtype

    if compiled_rows:
        ops_array = jnp.array(compiled_rows, dtype=jnp.float64)
    else:
        ops_array = jnp.zeros((0, 5), dtype=jnp.float64)

    if self._mps_runner is None:
        self._mps_runner = _build_mps_runner(self.n, self.chi, self.eps, self.jsd_budget)

    gammas_padded = jnp.stack([_pad_gamma(g, self.chi).astype(dtype) for g in self.gammas])
    lambdas_padded = jnp.stack([_pad_lambda(l, self.chi).astype(lambda_dtype) for l in self.lambdas])

    final_gammas, final_lambdas, diag = self._mps_runner(gammas_padded, lambdas_padded, ops_array)

    self.gammas = [final_gammas[i] for i in range(self.n)]
    self.lambdas = [final_lambdas[i] for i in range(self.n + 1)]

    # Bookkeeping parity: jax.lax.scan's stacked per-step diagnostics
    # (diag) replace the eager path's Python list.append()s inside the
    # loop -- same final content, populated differently. Only 2-qubit
    # steps (g_id >= 20, includes SWAP -- the eager _apply_nonlocal_2q
    # path routes its SWAPs through apply_gate_2q too, so its history
    # lists grow on those as well, not just the "real" gate) count.
    if compiled_rows:
        chi_history, jsd_history, trunc_err_history, entropy_history = (
            np.asarray(diag[0]), np.asarray(diag[1]), np.asarray(diag[2]), np.asarray(diag[3]))
        g_ids = np.asarray([row[0] for row in compiled_rows])
        q1_ids = np.asarray([int(row[1]) for row in compiled_rows])
        is_2q_mask = g_ids >= 20
        for i in np.nonzero(is_2q_mask)[0]:
            chi_new = int(chi_history[i])
            jsd_val = float(jsd_history[i])
            self._bond_history.append(chi_new)
            self.jsd_per_bond.append(jsd_val)
            self.truncation_errors.append(float(trunc_err_history[i]))
            q1 = q1_ids[i]
            if q1 < len(self.entanglement_entropy):
                self.entanglement_entropy[q1] = float(entropy_history[i])
            if jsd_val > self.jsd_budget:
                if self.budget_violations == 0:
                    warnings.warn(
                        f"MPSSimulator: bond dimension capped at max_bond={self.chi}, "
                        f"jsd_budget={self.jsd_budget:.1e} not honored "
                        f"(jsd={jsd_val:.2e}) -- results may be unreliable, "
                        f"consider raising max_bond.",
                        UserWarning,
                        stacklevel=2,
                    )
                self.budget_violations += 1

See also: DenseSVSimulator for exact statevector simulation when entanglement is too high for a bounded bond dimension, and Chunk for anti-OOM dense simulation at large qubit counts instead of a bond-dimension truncation. Worked example: MPS for low-entanglement circuits.