Rx operation

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Namespace: Microsoft.Quantum.Intrinsic

Package: Microsoft.Quantum.Type2.Core

Applies a rotation about the $x$-axis by a given angle.

operation Rx (theta : Double, qubit : Qubit) : Unit is Adj + Ctl

Description

\begin{align} R_x(\theta) \mathrel{:=} e^{-i \theta \sigma_x / 2} = \begin{bmatrix} \cos \frac{\theta}{2} & -i\sin \frac{\theta}{2} \\ -i\sin \frac{\theta}{2} & \cos \frac{\theta}{2} \end{bmatrix}. \end{align}

Input

theta : Double

Angle in radians about which the qubit is to be rotated.

qubit : Qubit

Qubit to which the gate should be applied.

Output : Unit

Remarks

Equivalent to:

R(PauliX, theta, qubit);