cirq.pow

cirq.pow(val: Any, exponent: Any, default: Any = ([], )) → Any[source]

Returns val**factor of the given value, if defined.

Values define an extrapolation by defining a pow(self, exponent) method.
Note that the method may return NotImplemented to indicate a particular
extrapolation can’t be done.
Parameters:
  • val – The value or iterable of values to invert.
  • exponent – The extrapolation factor. For example, if this is 0.5 and val is a gate then the caller is asking for a square root of the gate.
  • default – Determines the fallback behavior when val doesn’t have an extrapolation defined. If default is not set and that occurs, a TypeError is raised instead.
Returns:

If val has a __pow__ method that returns something besides NotImplemented, that result is returned. Otherwise, if a default value was specified, the default value is returned.
Raises:

TypeError – val doesn’t have a __pow__ method (or that method returned NotImplemented) and no default value was specified.